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According to Hagan and his associates, within the paternalistic home, mothers are expected to control the behavior of their sons while granting greater freedom to daughters.

A) True
B) False

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Comprising the study of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and the penal system, ____________________ criminology is believed by some to be its own specialization because of the special attention needed to be paid to such crimes.

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Dropout factories consist of high schools in which the completion rate is consistently 40 percent or less.

A) True
B) False

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Hegemonic masculinity refers to belief that each culture creates its own ideal version of what male behavior should be.

A) True
B) False

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Families in which couples share similar positions of power at home and at work are referred to as ________________ households.

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High schools in which the completion rate is consistently 40 percent or less are known as ______.


A) ​dropout factories
B) ​field fiasco
C) ​college factories
D) ​delinquent factories

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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What is the key difference between instrumental theorists and structural theorists?


A) Structural theorists view the criminal justice system as a capitalist instrument for controlling the lower class.
B) Structural theorists believe the law is unidirectional, always working for the rich against the poor.
C) Structural theorists oppose antitrust legislation.
D) Structural theorists focus on anyone who threatens the capitalist system.

E) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Which of the following is not a basic concern of critical criminologists?


A) The increased effect of mass media pertaining to demystifying the law
B) The role the government plays in creating a crimogenic environment
C) The relationship between personal or group power and the shaping of criminal law
D) The prevalence of bias in justice system operations

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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Jackson and Olivia are high school sweethearts who married at the age of 21. Both graduated from college with degrees in pharmacy (Jackson) and nursing (Oliva) and work in their respected professions. They reside in near Philadelphia, PA and are currently 30 years old and have two children, Braden (7) and Brently (6) . Using this information, answer the following questions. Given the educational background and salaries of both in their fields, if it is assumed Jackson and Olivia share duties in the home as well, this would be an example of a/an ________________.


A) ​paternalistic family
B) ​egalitarian family
C) ​democratic family
D) ​peacemaking family

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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John Lea and Jock Young, leaders of the leftist realism movement, contend that ______.


A) the poor are doubly abused, first by the capitalist system and then by members of their own class
B) the wealthy and poor are equally victimized and laws should reflect that equality
C) the economic inequality in capitalist societies serves to encourage lower class members to improve their economic status
D) critical feminists failed to address the patriarchal dominance in American society

E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

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Girls growing up in ______ are socialized to fear legal sanctions more than males; consequently, boys in these families exhibit more delinquent behavior than their sisters.


A) paternalistic families
B) matriarchal families
C) egalitarian families
D) capitalist families

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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The publication of Taylor, Walton, and Young's __________ in 1973 gave a powerful boost to the conflict view and created a tradition for critical criminologists to question the role criminology plays in supporting the status quo and aiding the oppression of the poor and powerless.


A) The New Criminology
B) Left Realism in the Seventies
C) Feminism and the Law
D) The Social Reality of Crime

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Research has shown that family group conferencing is the least effective form of restoration because it is the only restoration program set entirely in a formal criminal justice setting (i.e., a courtroom).

A) True
B) False

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A ______________ society is one governed or controlled by men.

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Globalization has replaced imperialism and colonization as a new form of economic domination and oppression and now presents, according to critical thinkers, a threat to the world economy.

A) True
B) False

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According to research in the text by Shelley, globalization consists of two elements; electronic and state organized.

A) True
B) False

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In paternalistic families, mothers assume the traditional role as breadwinners, which leads to interpersonal crimes such as domestic violence and simple assaults among family members.

A) True
B) False

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Supranational criminology is a specialization of critical theory that focuses on which type of crimes?


A) White-collar crimes
B) Environmental crimes
C) War crimes
D) Predatory street crimes

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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It is illegal for the police to monitor people in public places with cameras and secretly record their activities.

A) True
B) False

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