According to law professor Randall Kennedy _____ occur(s) when the threat of extra-legal lynching at the hands of violent mobs is so great that the legal system takes the place of the mob in an attempt to cloak the punishment with legitimacy
a. capital punishment
b. the death penalty
c. legal lynchings
d. lethal injection
c
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Institutionalized deviance results in a society in which __________
A) all law enforcement is corrupt B) there is an extremely high rate of crime C) some members are disadvantaged D) all members are economically equal
_________ percent of all deaths in 1900 involved infants less than 1 year of age
a. Twenty c. Ten b. Thirty d. One
Which of the following is the best example of a population, for the purposes of quantitative research?
A. college students in the United States B. members of a fraternity or sorority on campus C. your friends D. none of these are good examples of a population
What are the characteristics of those most likely to vote in the United States?
What will be an ideal response?