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What is the study of criminology and the different types of career paths available in the discipline?

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Criminal justice is the _______ study of crime,criminal law,and the components of the criminal justice system.

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The social responsibility perspective on crime reduction focuses on the ________.

Experimental criminology uses _________ techniques to test the accuracy of theories about crime.

Which of the following is an example of the pluralistic view of the political process?

The United States does not use the political process to criminalize laws.

Laws are made when members of society agree that the law should be created.

Which field has contributed most to criminology?

Perpetrators of a crime should be dealt with individually.This is a belief of the ______ responsibility perspective.

In the legalistic perspective,the nature of crime can be separated from the nature of law.

Theoretical criminology posits explanations for ________.

Decisions about what to do with a criminal are made through a ________.

A prison program director is considered a criminologist.

What are the similarities and differences between criminal behavior and deviant behavior? Please explain with examples of each.

Studying poverty and economic conditions in relation to criminal activity is an example of ____________.

This book recognizes that crime is not an isolated individual activity but a ________.

A serious shortcoming of the legalistic approach to crime is that it leaves _______ decisions to powerful individuals influencing the making of laws.

Which viewpoint says that the laws should be enacted as criminal forms of behavior when members of society generally agree that such laws are necessary?

Many disciplines,including biology,economics,psychology,and sociology,have influenced the study of crime and crime causation.

Speeding on interstate highways is an example of an illegal behavior that is not deviant.