When a person is held against his or her wishes through threats of harm to family members, the tort of _____ has been committed

a. assault
b. battery
c. false imprisonment
d. kidnapping


c.

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Column 1 Column 2 1. Stops a. Force that is unlikely to cause death orserious bodily harm 2. Particularity b. An order issued by a judge directing a lawenforcement officer to search a particular location for evidenceconnected with a specific criminal offense 3. Arrests c. A brief nonconsensual encounter between alaw enforcement officer and a citizen that does not rise to thelevel of an arrest; the detention of a person by a law enforcementofficer for the purpose of investigation 4. Search warrant d. A consensual encounter 5. Nondeadly force e. An order issued by a judge directing a lawenforcement officer to arrest an individual identified as onewho has committed a specific criminal offense 6. Arrest warrant f. The Fourth Amendment requirement thatan arrest warrant name the person to be arrested (or provide asufficiently detailed description) and that a search warrant describethe place to be searched and the things to be seized 7. Nonstop g. One of the threeelements of a valid warrant, any judge who does not have a conflictof interest or pecuniary interest in the outcome of a particular case or decision 8. Neutral and detached magistrate h. Federal legislationenacted in 1986 that amended Title III of the Omnibus CrimeControl and Safe Streets Act to include "electronic communications" 9. Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act i. Federal legislation enacted in 1968 that set forthdetailed guidelines on how authorities could intercept wire,oral, or electronic communications 10. Electronic Communications PrivacyAct j. The act of taking an individual into custody for thepurpose of charging the person with a criminal offense (or, inthe case of a juvenile, a delinquent act)

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The computation of GDP by adding up the dollar value at current market prices of all final goods and services is

A) the value of all securities. B) the income approach. C) the expenditure approach. D) transfer payments.

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Prisons are considered to be unique in being "total" institutions.

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

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Acts that are outlawed because they violate basic moral values, such as rape, murder, assault, and robbery are referred to as:

a. mens rea b. actus reus c. mala in se d. mala prohibitum

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