When police decide to take away freedom by making an arrest, they are generally applying
A. Kantian ethical formalism rules
B. utilitarian rules
C. Nicomachean rules
D. home court rules
Answer: A
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The Saudi government set out to evangelize the Islamic world, using the billions of riyals at its disposal through the religious tax -- zakat --to
a. construct hundreds of mosques and colleges and thousands of religious schools around the globe, staffed with Wahhabi imams and teachers b. emphasize the teachings of the Sunni sect of Islam over Wahhabism. c. unite all Islamic nations against Israel in order to take it back and claim the holy city of Jerusalem. d. support Jihad and terrorism against the United States and its other enemies.
Crime control advocates, crime victims, and conservatives criticize plea bargaining because they fear that
a. courts will become overloaded with cases. b. the sentences will be too lenient. c. defense attorneys will not aggressively protect their clients. d. defense attorneys will collect excessive fees for doing little work.
Which of the following tests for insanity requires, in part, that the defendant did not know the act was wrong?
a. Wild beast test b. M’Naghten rule c. Irresistible-impulse rule d. Brawner rule
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Age-graded developmental theory might best be described as a biological theory of crime that is focused on adulthood. 2. One valid critique of developmental theories is that they are not dynamic enough to account for changes in criminal risk factors over time. 3. One advantage of developmental theories is that they can identify characteristics that lead to onset/persistence/desistance of antisocial behavior in the same individuals. 4. A valid critique of age-graded developmental theory is that it fails to consider the reasons that offenders ultimately desist from crime. 5. People who bond well with conventional others build social capital.