Ben takes out his wallet and extracts money to pay a taxi fare. He inadvertently leaves his wallet on the seat. The cab driver finds it and decides to keep it. This is:
a. lost property, so there is no theft.
b. abandoned property, so there is no theft.
c. mislaid property, so this is the subject of larceny. The taxi driver has committed the theft.
d. none of the above
c
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1.Students in medical schools and health science centers are the least likely to be victims of violence on campus. 2.On-duty law enforcement officers fatally shoot approximately 100,000 civilians per year in the United States. 3.A majority of fatal police shootings are recorded on police body cameras. 4.DNA profiling can exonerate those wrongly accused. 5.Identical twins share the same DNA.
__________ is NOT a reason crime victims choose to report a crime.
a. To protect others b. To stop the offender c. To prevent future violence d. Fear of reprisal
Until the middle of the twentieth century, courts followed a(n) ________ philosophy toward prison matters.
A. hands-off B. inmates' rights C. rights of access D. collective bargaining
Gang activity inside schools fluctuates quite a bit
Indicate whether the statement is true or false