According to the Textbook,what Is the Definition of Criminalization

question 15

Multiple Choice

According to the textbook,what is the definition of criminalization?

• A)the assumption that deviance is socially created by collective human judgments and ideas
• B)the assumption that all human behavior can be considered either inherently good or inherently bad
• C)defining problematic behaviors as illegal acts requiring punishment
• D)defining problematic behaviors as medical problems requiring treatment

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Definitions:

Percentile

A measure used in statistics indicating the value below which a given percentage of observations in a group of observations falls.

Normal Model

A bell-shaped frequency distribution graph where the bulk of the values lie close to the mean, used in many statistical analyses to describe data sets.

Percentile

A measure used in statistics indicating the value below which a given percentage of observations in a group fall.

Standard Deviation

A metric that assesses the level of dispersion or scattering within a collection of data values.