____________________ occurs when a jury disregards evidence and convicts the defendant based on a factor that is either marginally relevant or is irrelevant to the case.
a. Punishing prejudice
b. Bad logic prejudice
c. Substantial interference
d. Immateriality
b. Bad logic prejudice
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Evidence used to teach the jury is called
a. pedagogical evidence b. demonstrative evidence c. substantive evidence d. simulated evidence
The “Opium Wars” were fought ______.
a. in San Francisco’s Chinatown in the 1960s b. by Chinese who objected to Europeans trafficking in opium in the 1800s c. between Latin American drug cartels in the 1980s d. by the Federal Bureau of Narcotics between 1980 and 1992
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. According to Messner and Rosenfeld, high crime rates are intrinsic to American culture. 2. According to strain theory, individuals who reject traditional goals but continue to work within legitimate bounds are identified as ritualists. 3. According to Cohen, lower-class youth desire approval and status, but because they cannot meet middle-class criteria, they become frustrated. 4. The first criminological theory to be developed in the United States was the Chicago school of human ecology. 5. Merton's strain theory posits that gang behavior can be attributed to six focal concerns that are part of a lower-class value system.
List the three categories of exigent circumstances.
What will be an ideal response?