Identify a contribution of Gabriel Tarde to the field of criminology
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: He formulated one of the oldest sociological theories of criminal behavior
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Which of the following best describes Sutherland’s differential association?
a. People are more likely to engage in deviance when they are either very controlling or very controlled than when they have a balance of control b. Techniques of and attitudes regarding criminal behavior are learned within intimate personal groups c. Some individuals’ antisocial behavior is serious and persists adolescence-limited through the life course d. Inner containments (e.g., a positive self-concept and tolerance for frustration) and outer containments (e.g., family influences) help prevent juvenile offending
In Neal Shover's model of exiting a criminal career, a change in an offender's balancing of the rewards and risks of criminal behavior is called:
a. differential association. b. altered crime seductiveness. c. radical nonintervention. d. modified calculus.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The fact that the police usually have to react to the report of a crime may help explain the inability of the police to solve more crimes. 2. Identifying the perpetrator is basically the same thing as apprehending the perpetrator. 3. Luck and good fortune are rarely present in successful criminal investigations. 4. Criminal evidence can also be thought of as crime-related information. 5. According to the entrapment theory, the criminal investigation process resembles a battle between the police and the perpetrator over crime-related information.
What is the status of women and minorities in policing as well as some advantages of having them represented in this occupation?
What will be an ideal response?