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Strain and social isolation are unique elements of lower-class culture. These elements result in disorganised neighbourhoods and are linked to the … theory.

1. social control

2. social disorganisation

3. cultural deviance

4. social action

The concept of … is an attempt to account for the acquisition of maintenance of criminal behaviour in terms of contact with particular environments and social groups.

1. criminogenic risk factors

2. external events

3. biological dimension

4. differential association

The motivation theories that describe and explain how behaviour is started, energised, sustained and directed comprises the …theories.

1. social learning, choice and control

2. motivation, intent and power-control

3. trait, social and moral reasoning

4. instrumental, content and process

The … theories explain how people become offenders through learning.

1. consensus

2. process

3. structure

4. feminist

Which one of the following options reflects variations in crime rates with regard to racial and ethnic groups?

1. Social, educational and economic differences

2. Cultural, political and economic differences

3. Educational, social and political differences

4. Economic, social and cultural differences

The … theories explain how people become offenders through learning.

According to ... both the victim and the offender are ignored, and the social environment regulates criminal involvement.

1. feminist criminology

2. the social leaning theory

3. critical criminology

4. the social milieu school of thought

the ... theory focuses on the breakdown in institutions such as the family, schools and employment in inner city neighbourhoods

1. consensus

2. social disorganisation

3. conflict

4. rational choice

who is regarded as the father of american criminology

1. Toppinard

2. sutherland

3. Carafallo

4. Quetelet

differences in the availability of employment, alcohol and drug abuse, peer pressure and social stressors, and an early onset of crime are .... factors that contribute to the high crime rate among the youth.

1. biological

2. social

3.cultural

4. transitional

Crime such as counterfeiting, embezzlement and fraud are associated with:

1. social fabric crimes

2. crime heavily dependent on police action for tracing

3. property related crimes

4.commercial crimes

According to.... theory of .... basic needs must be satisfied before one"s self esteem can be satisfied:

1. Agnew"s self control

2. Sutherland"s social learning

3. Hirschi"s social bonds

4. Maslow"s content

Differences in the availability of employment, alcohol and drug abuse, peer preassure and social stressors, and an early onset of crime social stressors, are ....factors that contribute to the high crime rate among the youth.

Differences in the availability of employment, alcohol and drug abuse, peer pressure and social stressor, and an early onset of crime are... Factors that contribute to the high crime rate among the youth.