Identify possible elements that could help with the issue of school violence.

What will be an ideal response?


A strong answer will include the following elements:
• Better control over the access to guns, opposed by one of the most powerful lobbies in the United States—the National Rifle Association (NRA)
• Identifying and helping troubled youths before they attack
• More involvement of parents
• More and earlier intervention and prevention programs
• Anti-bullying programs

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The ________ through which a communication is conveyed is very important, as it affects the importance placed upon that communication

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Write a scenario where a defendant would NOT be considered legally responsible for a victim’s injury or death that results from a coincidental intervening act. Be sure to indicate the factual cause and the proximate cause. Now write a scenario where the defendant would be held legally liable for a coincidental intervening act. Why would the defendant be held liable in the second scenario?

What will be an ideal response?

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All states and the District of Columbia prohibit incest between consenting adults

a. True b. False

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In the context of the requirements of a jury in trials, the U.S. Supreme Court has held that a(n) _____.

A. offense is petty, for purposes of the right to trial by jury, when the penalty is incarceration for a period of more than ten months B. trial for nonpetty offenses needs a jury of six members when the penalty is incarceration for a period of less than six months C. defendant is entitled to a trial by jury when charged with a serious crime D. accused of a petty offense is entitled to a jury trial

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