What is the key factor which must connect the actus reus and the mens rea?
A) Time.
B) Intent.
C) The jury.
D) Causation.
A
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All forms of deviant behavior are violations of the criminal law
a. True b. False
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. A linear regression equation predicts a score on one variable from a score on another variable and that is based on the relationship between the two variables. 2. In the regression equation, the predicted y value is based on an estimate and therefore can only be considered a best guess. 3. When understanding the linear relationship between two continuous variables, the slope coefficient tells us the magnitude of the relationship while the correlation coefficient indicates the direction of the relationship. 4. When estimating the regression model, two degrees of freedom are lost because two parameters are being estimated. 5. A researcher believes that crime rises as individuals get older but starts to decrease as they are past 30. This would be an example of a nonlinear relationship.
Any public policy discussion involves politics. Which of the following is not accurate with respect to ethics and the political aspects of applied research?
a. there is no set of political norms that are agreed upon by all criminal justice researchers b. just as there are codes for ethical conduct for researchers, there are formal codes of accepted political conduct c. ethics of criminal justice research deals more with the methods used while political issues are more concerned with the substance and use of the research d. there is no formal code of accepted political conduct
Which of the following is an example of situational crime prevention?
a. Community paroling b. Hot-spot policing c. Teen courts d. Cold case corrections