The two main verdicts that can be reached in a trial, guilty and not guilty, do not speak to factual guilt or innocence
a. True
b. False
a
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Differential opportunity theory and status deprivation theory were originally developed to account for white collar offenses. 2. For Marx and Engels, the worst crimes were those committed by capitalists against workers. 3. The Marxist explanation for white collar crime has been applied to 19th-century capitalist crimes, but not to similar crimes in the latter part of the 20th –century, because Marxist theory had lost all prestige with the downfall of communism. 4. The Marxist account is not very helpful in explaining why some individuals within capitalist societies engage in white collar crime while others do not. 5. “Performance pressures” in socialistic countries can be regarded as the equivalent of the capitalist drive for profit, in explaining white collar crime.
The Due Process Revolution of the 1960s was characterized by the process of selective incorporation
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Which of the following will not support stopping vehicles at a roadblock?
a. Driver's license and vehicle safety checks b. General checks to see if drivers may be committing any crime c. Sobriety checkpoints d. Agricultural inspection stops