This is something in an individuals' personal characteristics or their environment that increases the probability of violent offending.

A. risk temperament
B. risk factor
C. chance factor
D. Type A personality


B. risk factor

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Which of the following could be described as the overriding objective of antitrust law?

a. Protect the interests of corporate trusts b. Abolish monopolies and insure competition. c. Regulate the manner in which monopolies operate d. Abolish any governmental interference in the market

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In Nix v. Whiteside (1986), the defendant was charged with murder and raised the defense of selfdefense. The Supreme Court held that the lawyer's preventing the defendant from ______________ was not ineffective assistance of counsel

Fill in the blank with correct word.

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The Hispanic inmates in a prison in America have resorted to extreme violence against white American inmates as well as prison authorities. They have resorted to violence as the prison authorities often discriminate against them and deprive them of basic amenities. The situation at the prison is beyond the control of the authorities. The situation in the given scenario best exemplifies a(n):

A. lockdown. B. furlough. C. riot. D. intercession.

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All of the following are considered to bed basic principles that comprise the general part of criminal law EXCEPT ______.

a. criminal act b. defenses c. knowledge of the law d. responsibility

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