Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The American media is obsessed with the subject of crime.
2. Our notion of what constitutes a “criminal” is rooted in reality.
1. True
2. False
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When our beliefs about a group of people, such as particular race or religion, impact how we respond to this group, we call this what?
a. Stereotypic association b. Racial association c. Stereotypic determinism d. Stereotypic profiling
Research on justifiable homicide found that police more frequently committed their justified homicides ______, while citizens more frequently committed justifiable homicides ______.
a. by using firearms; by using bodily strength b. by using bodily strength; by using firearms c. in response to burglaries and larcenies; responding to attacks d. responding to attacks; in response to burglaries and larcenies
In regard to felony murder, it is the sequence of the felony from beginning to end
a. Res gestae. b. Stare decisis. c. Malum prohibitum. d. Mala in se.
Bail is employed to:
A. pay fines after being convicted B. assure an offender appears for trial C. cover legal costs D. compensate the system for the cost of incarceration E. allow the wealthy an escape from jail