Originally most prosecutions under the _______ Act were based on extortion by public officials by force, violence, or fear. Now prosecutors frequently rely on the act to prosecute state and local officials based on extortion “under color of official

rights.”

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word.


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The President's Crime Commission brought policing "full circle," restating several of the same principles that were laid out by:

A) William Parker B) Sir Robert Peel C) O. W. Wilson D) J. Edgar Hoover

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The focus of Phase I is ____________________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Women today make up approximately ______% of the incarcerated population

a. 7 b. 15 c. 25 d. 40

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Jury trials are most closely associated with the ideas of ______.

a. Thomas Hobbes b. Cesare Beccaria c. Jeremy Bentham d. John Locke

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