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Chapter 1 What Is Criminology?
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A) criminology
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,4) Which of the following statements regarding a crime harm index (CHI) is true?
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A) A CHI counts each offense equally.
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Objective: Who decides what should be criminal? How are such decisions made? Level
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Chapter 1 What Is Criminology?
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, A) consensus
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Objective: Who decides what should be criminal? How are such decisions made? Level
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9) The pluralistic perspective suggests that behaviors are typically criminalized through
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