A terrorist group bombs a local café. The group's leader circulates a videotape of the café's owner wearing a Catholic cross, driving lavish cars, living in a lush residence, surrounded by opulence. Which media strategy was most prominently being employed by the videotape release?
a. Legitimacy for their movement (justify acts of violence)
b. Spread their message
c. Increase sympathy for their militant interpretation of religion
d. Identify opponents for targeted intimidation
a
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______ does not seek to uncover a fundamental principle telling us what to do and how to act in an ethical way.
a. Aristotle b. Kant c. Rawls d. Socrates
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Nobody before E. H. Sutherland had recognized that the rich and the affluent commit serious crimes in connection with their business activity. 2. Sutherland’s definition of white collar crime emphasized the respectability and relatively high status of those who commit it. 3. Sutherland found that corporations were typically one-time offenders, rather than repeat offenders. 4. According to Sutherland, businessmen were often contemptuous of the laws governing their business activities, and did not suffer a loss of status if convicted of business-related offenses. 5. The publication of Sutherland’s White Collar Crime in 1949 led very quickly to a large upsurge of research on such crime.
In Carroll v. United States (1925), the Supreme Court held that the risk of the vehicle being moved from the jurisdiction justifies a warrantless search
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
A major exception to the mens rea principle is called a. strict liability
b. civil forfeiture. c. minimal scrutiny. d. actus reus.