______________________ is the concept that a penalty for a crime may prompt commission of a marginally more severe crime because that crime receives the same magnitude of punishment as the original one

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


Marginal deterrence

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a. True b. False

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The Oyez Project at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law will spearhead the effort, aggregating documents and media from selected courts

When the project is complete, content will be more accessible to non-legal audiences mentioned in the textbook, except: a. journalists. b. educational institutions. c. correctional facility inmates. d. the general public.

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Forced or nonconsensual sexual intercourse involving a married man and his wife is treated as forcible rape in:

a. all states. b. no states. c. about half of the states.

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Briefly describe the methods and findings of one of the two empirical studies of COPPS provided in the chapter

What will be an ideal response?

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