Differentiate motive vs intent.

What will be an ideal response?


The difference between motive and intent is that motive is the desire which incites a person to do an act while intent is the purpose or resolve to do an act.

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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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According to Lafree and Dugan which of the following is a conceptual similarity between both terrorism and crime?

a. patterns, distributions, geographic mapping, financing and trends b. are selectively prosecuted and show the discrepancy between law in books and law in action c. the use of weapons and explosives are usually involved d. they rarely undermine social trust

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The ______ formed in response to allegations of large-scale corruption amongst NYPD officers.

a. Mollen Commission b. Knapp Commission c. Lexow Commission d. Wickersham Commission

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The research of Chisolm and Farfel impacted which of the following vulnerable populations?

a. pregnant women b. children c. prisoners d. human fetuses and neonates

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