Money awarded to repay expenses is most accurately called _____
a. punitive damages
b. compensatory damages
c. pecuniary damages
d. fiscal relief
B
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Substantive justice involves the determination of just deserts
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
If a police officer does something in the course of an investigation that seems wrong, but doesn?t really violate a specific right, which of the following would be his defense?
A) qualified immunity B) objective reasonableness C) absolute immunity D) culpability
Tom is angry that he received a failing grade in his criminal law class. The failing grade causes him to be suspended from school. Out of revenge, he lets the air out of the tires on the university president's car
The president comes out to find his vehicle with four flat tires. The flats cause him to miss an off campus fundraising speech he was scheduled to give. Tom has committed: A) no offense because the tires were not permanently damaged or destroyed. B) criminal mischief because he caused the president substantial inconvenience. C) criminal mischief because a tire without air is worthless. D) reckless damage or destruction because Tom should have been aware that the president might have an important meeting off campus.
_____________ are seven times more likely than whites to have been incarcerated at some time in a state or federal prison
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word