_____ is the purpose of punishment where punishment is used to discourage future criminal acts.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
deterrence
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a. True b. False
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What is a workable definition of physical child abuse?
What will be an ideal response?
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Black females have a ______ higher rate of victimization than other women.
a. 2X b. 2.5X c. 3X d. 3.5X
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A researcher is interested in studying the budgeting of money within a police department in a mid-sized American city. She gains access to the department's detailed records of expenditures and human resources. This is an example of which type of agency records, as described in the text?
a. published statistics b. nonpublic agency records c. new data collected by agency staff d. content analysis
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