Blog

41. ________ is a concept in which more cohesive communities with high levels of social control and social integration foster the ability for kids to use their wits to avoid violent confrontations and to feel safe in their own neighborhood.

76. Martha is upset at Catherine over the dinner bill the night before. Martha believes Catherine should have split the bill but she failed to pay any portion. Martha and Catherine work together at a local telemarketing center and Martha sneaks to Catherine’s desk to take $20 from her purse. This act would be considered ______.

56. Cognitive frameworks that help people quickly process and sort through information are called ______.

33. According to the author, the most important of Shaw and McKay’s findings was that ______.

54. Which of the following is not one of the significant life-changing events that reduces criminality, according to Laub and Sampson?

69. Which of the following research findings supports the core principles of differential association theory?

59. Gottfredson and Hirschi trace the root cause of poor self-control to ______.

Perform the indicated operation.44 ÷ (-4)

96. Which concept of crime implies that crimes are behaviors that all members of society consider to be repugnant, be they rich and powerful or poor and powerless?

89. According to power-control theory, which type of family produces daughters whose law-violating behavior mirrors that of their brothers?