What is known about mental disorders and crime?
a. It is possible that the link between mental illness and crime is spurious and caused by some other factor.
b. Mentally ill offenders are more likely to have low recidivism rates than non-mentally ill offenders.
c. Research suggests that people who suffer from mental illness seem to be less anti-social than members of the general population.
d. Males offenders seem to have more serious mental health disorders than do female offenders.
A
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a. there are not enough criminals to make the theory effective b. people expect the legal system not only to do justice but also to control crime c. people do not know how the theory is supposed to work in order to support it d. the theory does not focus on restoring victim-offender relationships
Results of research regarding child sexuality indicated that (3-20)
A) Adult males were more likely to engage in sexual conversation B) Face-to-face meetings were more likely suggested for impersonators 16 or older C) Almost half of the adult males stopped the conversation after they learned the impersonator was 10 or 12 D) All of the above
Policy research is a
A) Method rather than a process B) Information method to understand a process C) Process rather than a method D) Summary method that summarizes the process
CPTED has been a strategy for dealing with crime for decades with some proven success
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false