Discuss the justifications for making inchoate crimes criminal

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The purpose of these laws prohibiting certain preparatory crimes is to prevent a defendant from committing the substantive crime that is the objective of the inchoate act. Society has determined that certain acts should be punished so that specific injuries caused by substantive crimes can be avoided. Statutes therefore define certain preparatory conduct as criminal and punish this conduct before the commission of the substantive offense.

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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

In utilitarian theory, every person’s life and interests are ranked equally.

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In human trafficking, the women and children are typically used as ______.

A. prostitutes B. forced labor C. pimps D. entertainers

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A preadjudicatory hearing for the purpose of deciding whether a juvenile defendant should be retained over for juvenile court or waived to adult court is called a ______

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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To reconstruct the identity of someone as deviant based on new views of their prior behavior is called:

a. Secondary deviance. b. Retrospective interpretation. c. Stigma deactivation. d. Deviance in remission.

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