__________ is the standard in criminal law to arrest, obtain a warrant, or conduct a search.

A. clear and convincing evidence
B. a preponderance of evidence
C. reasonable suspicion
D. probable cause


Answer: D. probable cause

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The approach taken to women offenders in the late Twentieth Century argued that since women present low risk to public safety they should receive greater consideration for community-based sentences that do men

a. True b. False

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____________ is designed to encourage local communities to accept responsibility for providing correctional care and control for its own residents

A. Negative subsidy B. Probation subsidy C. Probation D. Social control

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

1.Research suggests that anomie/strain theory is most applicable to violent crimes, not those committed for financial gain. 2.Shaw and McKay are known for identifying six focal concerns as the source of crime in lower class communities. 3.An increase in collective efficacy are the same things that predict an increase in social disorganization possess the same predictors. 4.The persons who reject both cultural goals and the institutionalized means of attaining them are known as retreatists. 5.Anomie is a term meaning “lacking in rules” or “normlessness.”

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To meet the increasing threat of identity theft, Congress passed the __________________, to make it a federal crime to knowingly transfer or use the identification of another in a violation of law

A) ?Identity Theft Protection Act B) ?Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act C) Identity Theft Act D) ?Online Identity Theft Deterrence Amendment E) ?Online Theft and Predator Act

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