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	Crime is human conduct in violation of the criminal laws of a state, the federal government, or a local jurisdiction that has the power to make such laws.

	True False

	The method used to make some forms of behavior illegal is known as decriminalization.

	True False

	Deviant behavior is human activity that conforms to social norms.

	True False

	Criminologist is the term used broadly to describe almost anyone who works in the criminal justice field.

	True False

	A criminalist is a specialist in the collection and examination of the physical evidence of a crime.

	True False

	The term criminology literally means the study of society.
	The term criminology literally means the study of society.
	True False

	The dean of American Criminology is Edwin Jefferson.
	The dean of American Criminology is Edwin Jefferson.
	True False

	A theory is made up of clearly stated propositions that posit relationships, often of a causal sort, between events and things under study.

	True False

	A general theory of crime is one that attempts to explain all (or at least most) forms of criminal conduct through a single, overarching approach.

	True False

	A disintegrated theory does not necessarily attempt to explain all criminality but is distinguishable by the fact that it merges concepts drawn from different sources.

	True False

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Crime is human conduct in violation of the criminal laws of a state, the federal government, or a local jurisdiction that has the power to make such laws.

The method used to make some forms of behavior illegal is known as decriminalization.

Deviant behavior is human activity that conforms to social norms.

Criminologist is the term used broadly to describe almost anyone who works in the criminal justice field.

A criminalist is a specialist in the collection and examination of the physical evidence of a crime.

The term criminology literally means the study of society.

The dean of American Criminology is Edwin Jefferson.

A theory is made up of clearly stated propositions that posit relationships, often of a causal sort, between events and things under study.

A general theory of crime is one that attempts to explain all (or at least most) forms of criminal conduct through a single, overarching approach.

A disintegrated theory does not necessarily attempt to explain all criminality but is distinguishable by the fact that it merges concepts drawn from different sources.