One of the earliest known examples of written law was

A. the Code of Hammurabi.
B. the Mosaic Code.
C. English common law.
D. the Bill of Rights.


Answer: A

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a. Has called for increased penalties for drug users b. Has called for criminalizing alcohol c. Has called for legalization of drugs d. Has called for governments to supply drugs to users

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Meetings with inmates, attorneys, and others in which the board decides whether to grant, deny, or revoke the convict's freedom is called a probation hearing

a. true b. false

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Which of the following are true about transporting prisoners?

a. Transporting prisoners carries little risk to the guards b. It is acceptable for a single guard to transport multiple prisoners if they are chained or shackled together c. It is typically not necessary to handcuff inmates in a vehicle d. No single security officer should ever transport more than one prisoner

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

1. The scientific method is a way of looking at the world; a general emotional picture of “how things should be.” 2. Rather than becoming analytic in method, social science became primarily experimental. 3. Criminology is an interdisciplinary field. 4. The first fully randomized controlled trial in American criminology appears to have been the Harvard-Bentham experiment. 5. Criminality is an identifiable trait that some people possess, and others do not.

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