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Which of the following statements is generally true
Criminal activity intensifies in adolescents and young adulthood and the declines there after
Maturational reform may increase by which of the following
Completion of education and marriage
The argument that older men have more social bonds such as marriage and children become less involved in crime is an example of one of the following theories
Life course theory
Which of the following offenses do females account for more than half of the adults accused in criminal court cases according to the text
Prostitution
Which of the following is not true regarding aboriginal offenders when compared to non-aboriginal offenders
They are more likely to have legal representation at court hearing
Compared to street crime white-collar crime is
Is much more costly in dollar terms
What is the term for crimes committed by person of respectability and high social status in their occupation
White-collar crimes
From the list of corporations and white-collar crimes what category does false advertisement fit into
Corporation and business crime
_________ Refers to white-collar crime committed by an individual or group of individuals for personal gain
Occupational crime
Corporate crime is also referred to as _______
Organizational crime
The failure of the worldcomthe largest long distance telephone service provider in the US was largely attributed to
A fraud based on nonexistent profits
Conflict theorists believe that
Laws are passed by members of the ruling class in order to maintain their privileged position by keeping the common people under control
Commonly used measure of crime in Canada is based on
Police data
Beccarias work; an essay on crime and punishment focuses on
The cruelty and inhumanity that characterized the criminal justice system of his time
Classical school punishment should ______
Fit the crime
Positive school
The punishment should fit the criminal
According to GORINGS research the most important correlation of criminality was
Low intelligence
Eysenck theory of crime and personality based on _____
Classical conditioning
A person whose life and Identity revolves around deviance is categorized by Lemart as a
Secondary deviant
Functionalism is associated with
The consensus perspective
Durkheim argues that crime exists in every society because
Crime is needed to define the limits of proper behavior
According to Bernard, strain in mertons theory is best interpreted as a
Feature of a society
Criminologist Agnew views strain as the feature of
Large scale societies, organizations, small communities
The following is not a variable of the correlate with crime
Offenders place of birth
