Marcus is stopped for driving 55 mph in a 30 mph zone. "I did not realize that the speed limit was 55 here," Marcus tells the state trooper

Marcus' lack of knowledge of the speed limit is no excuse because mistake of ________ rarely serves as a valid legal defense.


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law

Criminal Justice

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Free will, choice, determinism, capital punishment, and the belief that the punishment should fit the crime are basic assumptions of ________________

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Criminal Justice

Elijah Anderson's field research in poor urban communities demonstrating the intersection of drug addiction, residential instability, and crime is an example of which of the following explanations?

A. nomothetic B. idiographic C. atheoretical D. legal

Criminal Justice

Which law placed restrictions on cocaine sales in the United States?

A. The Proprietary and Patent Medicine Act of 1908 B. The Parke-Davis Act of 1904 C. The Harrison Act of 1914 D. The Comprehensive Drug Control Act

Criminal Justice

In _________, the Supreme Court ruled that parolees facing revocation must be given a two-stage hearing process

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Criminal Justice