According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics in 2001, the number of justifiable homicides by police average nearly 1,200 per year

A. True
B. False


False

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Faced with prison overcrowding, high incarceration costs, and public calls for retribution, some judges have used shaming strategies to deter wrongdoers

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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There are fears that al Qaeda and other terrorists will attack using nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons

a. True b. False

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An academic who studies why males commit more crimes than females would be working in the ______ discipline.

A. victimology B. penology C. criminology D. criminal justice

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____________________ theories view criminality as normal behavior, believing that everyone has the potential to become a criminal depending on influences

a. Social conflict b. Life course c. Social process d. Integrated e. Pessimistic

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