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What is defined as a series of interrelated propositions that attempt to describe, explain, predict, and ultimately control some class of events
System
Network
Probability
—>> Theory
Which of the following was not one of the three types of crimes outlined by Beccaria
Crimes that involved no victims other than society
Crimes that ran contrary to the social order
—>> Crimes that injured citizens or their property
Crimes that threatened the security of the state
A crime must be proven
by a preponderance of the evidence
by clear and convincing evidence
—>> beyond a reasonable doubt
beyond all doubt
The argument that crime is not a result of poverty or social conditions and therefore cannot be affected by social programs was made by
—>> Lawrence Cohen
David Fogel
Ronald V. Clarke
James Q. Wilson
Which of the following are functions of law
defining parameters of private and public property
regulating social relationship such as marriage
maintaining the status quo and power relationships
—>> all of the above
Which criminal justice perspective emphasizes the efficient arrest and conviction of criminal offenders
—>> Crime-control model
Due process model
Interactionist model
Administrative model
According to John F. Galliher, legal definitions of criminality are arrived at through a __________ process
—>> sociological
psychological
political
mainstream
Research by __________ found that a small number of chronic recidivists were responsible for a large majority of serious violent crime
Marvin Wolfgang
Marcus Felson
Jack Katz
—>> Ronald V. Clarke
Mens rea, or criminal intent, is required to establish
rationality
liability
—>> innocence
Culpability
Which of the following categories of punishment might include the loss of the right to vote
chronic
compulsive
—>> indelible
restrictive
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