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According to Elliot Currie, factors that explain the high crime rate in the United States by world standards include

A) our cultural homogeneity.
B) a lack of interest in punishing offenders.
C) the high level of immigration.
D) our emphasis on individual economic success, which weakens the social fabric.

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Define due process, plea bargaining, and community-based corrections.

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According to Elliot Currie, factors that explain the high crime rate in the United States by world standards include

Using Robert Merton's strain theory, how would you classify a low-paid, yet compulsively conforming bank teller who never seems to want to get ahead but never seems to do anything wrong?

In the United States, even though the crime rate has gone down in recent years, the number of people in prison has gone up.

Corporate crime refers to stealing or other crimes that are committed against a corporation or other large business.

Edwin Sutherland's differential association theory links deviance to

Looking back in history, the oldest justification for punishing an offender is

"Due process" means handling alleged offenders within the bounds of the law.

Which of the following refers to the illegal actions of a corporation or people acting on its behalf?

A hate crime is defined as

Using the terms in Robert Merton's strain theory, which of the following concepts correctly describes the behavior of a radical activist who rejects just about everything in the existing society in favor of some alternative system?

Apply each of sociology's three theoretical approaches to the topic of deviance.What are the basic insights we gain from each theoretical approach?

In legal terms, a crime is composed of which two components?

His friends begin to criticize Marco as a "juice-head," pushing him out of their social circle.Marco begins to drink even more, becomes bitter, and joins a new group of friends who also are heavy drinkers.According to Lemert, Marco's situation illustrates

Participating in the subculture that Elijah Anderson describes as "the code of the streets" raises the risk that young people will end up

What concept refers to the formal system that responds to alleged violations of the law using police, courts, and prison officials?

Walter Reckless and Simon Dinitz claimed that "good boys" have the ability to rein in deviant impulses.They called their analysis

Every society punishes offenders.Write an essay in which you explain four justifications for punishment.Point out how each justification has come to the forefront at different times in history and explain this pattern as best you can.What evidence is there that punishment actually accomplishes what we say it does?

Can you imagine a society without crime? What changes in our society would you imagine having to make in order to dramatically reduce the crime rate? Explain your position.