Ruth decides to take her chances and plead not guilty. She wants to go to trial. Ruth believes that it will be better for a judge to decide questions of legality and fact. This type of trial is known as a:
a. bench trial.
b. court trial.
c. judge trial.
d. jury trial.
a
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A. True B. False
It is a crime to be drunk in public. Homeless people are always in public because they have nowhere else to go. Would it be constitutionally permissible to punish alcoholics who are homeless?
a. Yes, they violated a statute for which the standard is strict liability. b. Yes, providing they were exhibiting the type of disruptive behavior the statute was aimed at preventing. c. No, being alcoholic and homeless are both statuses, which cannot be criminalized. d. No, as a society we aim to not kick people when they are down.
What is the difference between the agency theory of felony murder and the proximate cause theory of felony murder?
What will be an ideal response?
According to the UCR, between the years 2006 and 2015, the crime rate ______.
A. increased for both males and females B. increased for males and decreased for females C. increased for females and decreased for males D. decreased for both males and females