A ruling in a previous case that serves as a guide in deciding subsequent cases with similar circumstances is known as a[No] ____________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Right answer summary: precedent
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Marvin E. Wolfgang conducted the first major study of victim precipitation when he focused on _____, studying both the victim and the offender as separate entities and as mutual participants
a. rapes b. homicides c. kidnapping d. suicides
Contemporary critical criminologists try to explain crime within economic and social contexts and to express the connection between social class, crime, and social control.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
According to the dissent in Mapp v. Ohio (1961):
a. the exclusionary rule is an integral part of the Fourth Amendment. b. because the Fourth Amendment applies to the states so also must the exclusionary rule. c. the federal exclusionary remedy should not be imposed on the states. d. the exclusionary rule is totally ineffective in controlling police behavior.
A private person who accepts money to help a friend conceal the commission of the rape of an unconscious woman is
(a) guilty of rape, as an aider and abettor. (b) guilty of compounding a crime. (c) guilty of receiving a bribe. (d) not guilty of any crime.