Terry is in the act of molesting a child and the child accidentally falls and is killed. What crime is Terry guilty of?

a. Nothing, except for Child Molest (PC 288)
b. Manslaughter
c. First-degree murder
d. Second-degree murder


c. First-degree murder

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An officer is investigating a drug ring in the city and does not get the answers he is looking for from a suspect. He holds the suspect?s head under water until the suspect signals he will tell him what he wants. What is this an example of?

A) economic corruption B) police violence C) subjugation of defendants? rights D) noble-cause corruption

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What factors may lessen the certainty of voluntariness?

What will be an ideal response?

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Which scholar suggests that global criminology should be analyzed by “the processes that involve, or at least aspire to involve the whole world considered in a planetary context”:

a. Adler b. Bowling c. Pakes d. Muncie

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Police officers exercise great discretion in handling domestic disturbances. What is the most common response in handling these disturbances?

A. referral to a third party B. arrest C. separating the parties D. mediation

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