A Crime-Prevention Program That Focuses on Improving Schools and Providing

question 24

Multiple Choice

A crime-prevention program that focuses on improving schools and providing jobs in a neighborhood so residents will be more invested in the community and less likely to break the law would be based on which of the following theories?

• A) deterrence theory
• B) social disorganization theory
• C) labeling theory
• D) strain theory

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Enlightenment

The 18th-century Western philosophy based on empirical evidence. The Enlightenment was a new way of thinking critically about the world and about humankind, independently of religion, myth, or tradition.

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First Sermon

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Abhaya Mudra

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