Summarize how crime and criminal behavior are measured in various ways in the United States.
What will be an ideal response?
The oldest measure is the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), which is a tabulation of all crimes reported to the police in most of the jurisdictions in the United States in the previous year. The UCR is divided into two parts: Part I records the eight Index crimes (murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny/theft, and arson), and Part II records arrests made for all other crimes.
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a. True b. False
The Supreme Court has held that the prohibition against being a witness against him or herself also applies to out-of-court confessions and compelled admissions
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Governor Smith is particularly concerned with the fact that offenders are sentenced to a specific amount of time in prison but are being released well before their sentence expires. He wants to enact a law that requires offenders in his state to serve a substantial portion of their sentences. He is hopeful that these new laws will reduce the discrepancy between the sentence imposed and the actual
time served in prison. These laws are known as: a. mandatory minimum sentencing laws. b. truth-in-sentencing laws. c. capital sentencing laws. d. three strike laws.
Peter Stubb/Stump was a _____
a. vampire b. werewolf c. ghoul d. witch