The most important force contributing to the imprisonment boom has been
a. the implicit racism of the justice system
b. the recent trend of directing crime policy efforts toward white-collar rather than street crime
c. a popular belief that the justice system has been and still is soft on crime
d. the lack of funding for representation of the accused in court
C
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Model Rule 3.3 ______.
a. adopts flexibility by allowing a lawyer to not be obliged to accept a client whose character or cause the lawyer regards as repugnant b. states that a lawyer is to act with reasonable diligence and promptness when representing a client c. legal representation should not be denied to those who are unable to afford legal services d. lawyers may not assist a client in committing perjury
Statistically, educational institutions are safer than homes
a. True b. False
The word police is derived from the Latin word politia, which means "civil administration."
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
This New York governor proposed substantial reforms to New York drug laws and was able to sign them into law in spite of opposition from the New York State District Attorney's Association.
a. George Pataki b. Mario Cuomo c. Andrew Cuomo d. Eliot Spitzer