Hagan Proposed That Deviance and Crime Be Considered on a Continuum

question 60

Multiple Choice

Hagan proposed that deviance and crime be considered on a continuum ranging from the least serious to the most serious acts and that seriousness can be assessed on three dimensions.Which of the following is NOT one of these dimensions?

• A)the degree of consensus that an act is wrong
• B)the severity of the society's response to the act
• C)the assessment of the degree of harm of the act
• D)the extent to which existing criminal law outlaws the act

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