What is the Raison d’état (reason of state)?

What will be an ideal response?


It is Machiavelli’s notion that any means are necessary to protect the state.

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When police officers investigate a __________ call they should arrange for the victim to be taken to a medical facility for treatment or to a place of safety

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Traditionally, under the concept of in loco parentis, schools had complete and unlimited authority over their students. 2. The U.S. Supreme Court has held that searches of students’ possessions carried out by school administrators ought not be “swift and informal.” 3. The U.S. Supreme Court has held that school officials can conduct drug testing of athletes in part due to their inherent risk of health concerns. 4. In order to search the home of a probationer, a probation officer must have reasonable suspicion that the probationer is engaged a drug or violent criminal offense. 5. Prisoners retain only those constitutional rights that are not “incompatible with the objectives of incarceration.”

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The belief that lower rates of criminal offending by females can be explained by their second-class standing in society is called:

a. The Citadel hypothesis. b. Conservative feminist theory. c. Marxist feminist theory. d. Liberal feminist theory.

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A post-sentence report may be written after a defendant has pleaded guilty and waived a presentence report

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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