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A tendency for data to move toward the middle over time
Regression toward the mean
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The due process model emphasizes
Defendant rights
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The crime control model emphasizes
Crime suppression
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Mal in se crime are
Wrong in themselves
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Mala probibita crimes are
Defined by government
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Number of index offenses
8
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Cross race crime is relatively
Infrequent
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The demographic group most likely to be crime victims
Young black males
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The name associated with the Classical School is
Cesare Beccaria
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The name associates with the biological explanation of crime is
Cesare Lombroso
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Law suggesting that the most direct explanation is most likely correct
Parsimony
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Explaining behavior using unverifiable theories
Mentalism
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Antisocial behavior was earlier called
Psychopathic and sociopathic
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A breakdown in the rules of social behavior is called
Anomie
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The most frequent crime leading to female arrest
Larceny/theft
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Zero tolerance means
No discretion
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Stereotyping can be positive or
Negative
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Stereotyping can be accurate or
Innacurate
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Substantive criminal law defines
Illegal behaviors
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Procedural criminal law defines
How laws are enforced
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Mens rea means
Guilty mind
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Actus reus means
Illegal act
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A planned but not completed crime is
Incohate
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Events are accidents when
Mens rea is absent
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Intent and a crime occurring together is
Concurrence
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