______ is the body of law that defines criminal offenses and prescribes punishments for their infractions.

A. Civil law
B. Criminal law
C. Procedural law
D. Substantive law


B. Criminal law

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The type of criminal homicide that requires malice aforethought but not deliberation or premeditation is

A. first-degree murder. B. second-degree murder. C. involuntary manslaughter. D. voluntary manslaughter.

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When state legislatures adopt statutes, they are published in volumes known as __________

a. reporters b. session laws c. syllabi d. digests

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Researchers at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research (ISR) conduct an annual national self-report survey called _______________

a. Safe and Health Child Survey b. Project Anchor c. Monitoring the Future d. Delinquency Forecasting Study

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stop and frisk

What will be an ideal response?

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