Milo has stolen a lawnmower from a storage shed behind a neighbor's house. Because the shed was within the curtilage of the home, the most serious offense Milo has committed is ____
a. trespass
b. burglary
c. arson
d. theft
B
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Which of the following is the best definition of a strict liability offense?
a. This type of offense usually leads to civil law suits. b. The guilty state of mind of the offender makes the offense more serious. c. The offender may use an emergency circumstance as a lawful excuse. d. The state of mind of the offender has no legal bearing on the offense.
When raw scores are converted to Z scores, then:
a. the new distribution has a mean = 0 and a standard deviation = 1. b. they cannot be converted back into raw scores again. c. it cannot be determined how much curve area lies between these scores and the mean of the distribution. d. there is no way to compare these Z scores with Z scores on the same or other distributions.
Judging from their social conditions, which of the following people is most representative of the incarcerated population in the United States?
A. a woman who works as a nurse in a rural Kentucky hospital B. a man who is a dentist in a large suburb of Atlanta C. a woman who has a college degree but is currently unemployed in small-town Montana D. a man who quit high school and is unemployed in inner-city Chicago
Johnny used his computer to hack into his school's records system. He changed all his grades to "A"s. Johnny has committed:
A. identity theft. B. a cybercrime. C. online stalking. D. terrorism.