Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Since its implementation, the RICO law has been used most frequently against individuals and groups who do not fit the conventional image of organized criminals.
2. The highest proportion of RICO cases in recent years has been white collar cases.
3. The RICO law is uniformly regarded as successful and necessary by judges and businesses.
4. Attention to white collar crime law has not traditionally been a specific focus of the law school curriculum and attendant casebooks.
5. Civil law has played a much larger role in responding to white collar crime than to conventional crime.
1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. FALSE
4. TRUE
5. TRUE
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Crime control advocates take a serious interest in this country in controlling crime and are tolerant of the police doing whatever it takes to keep criminals off the streets. The Supreme Court has taken action to protect citizens' rights by not allowing any illegally obtained evidence to be used in a court trial against the accused. This rule of law, called the "exclusionary rule," has resulted in dangerous criminals being released into the community due to inappropriate actions by the police. Do you feel this is the right way to deal with corrupt or poor police work? Do you have any other suggestions as to how to keep the guilty in jail and at the same time be treated fairly?
Wikstrom’s situational action theory:
a. suggests that self-control and morality are important to understanding criminal propensity. b. argues that provocations and temptations are important to consider when explaining criminal behavior. c. identifies individual, situational, settings-based, and social mechanisms that interact to produce criminal behavior. d. all of the above. e. none of the above.
A child in Texas is a person ____ years of age but not ____ years of age.
a. 10, 16 b. 10, 17 c. 9, 17 d. 9, 16 e. 10, 21
A stop-and-frisk is an example of _____
a. Aggressive law enforcement b. Warrantless search c. Illegal search d. Police discretion