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Which defense would be most applicable to the situation of a bank employee forced to divert funds into a special account by criminals who are holding her family hostage?

Self defense as a justification requires imminent danger and an inability to escape from the attacker.

According to the principles of choice theory, in order for punishment to most effectively deter crime, it must meet the following three conditions:

________________belief that the worth of actions is determined by their ends or consequences.

_________________obligations placed on individuals

Eighty (80) percent of serious reported crimes do not result in an arrest.

The terms “psychopath” and “sociopath” are commonly used to describe people who have a(n) ________________

Belief system based on a set of moral principles that are embedded in a common morality

___________ theory believes that law violators may have suffered damage to their personalities early in their development that renders them powerless to control their impulses.

___________________ is a crime control approach that seeks to instill fear of criminal penalties in the public.