With regard to cooling off for voluntary manslaughter, assuming the defendant did not, in fact, cool off, most courts would then apply what test?
a. objective test of cooling-off time
b. overt test of cooling-off time
c. lenient test of cooling-off time
d. subjective test of cooling-off time
a
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Which of the following relates to Miller's Focal Concern of toughness?
a. It involves the ability to achieve a goal by the use of wits rather than physical force. b. Lower-class people have a particularly fatalistic outlook on life. c. Adults usually want their children to stay out of trouble, but lower-class adolescents sometimes gain prestige with their friends. d. It arises from the fact that many lower-class boys are raised in female-headed households and thus lack adequate male role models.
?Jerry was 12 when he first shoplifted and by the age of 14 had a rather lengthy record of delinquency. The last attempt at shoplifting did not end so well and he was caught. He is now facing the juvenile justice system, again. Given the nature of Jerry's offenses, he will definitely not be given _____ as a penalty.
A. restitution B. a fine C. a warning D. a prison sentence E. community service
Which of the following statements concerning the federal Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 is INCORRECT?
a. To accomplish the stated purpose of the new Act, the United States Sentencing Commission was created to promulgate sentencing guidelines. b. The sentencing guidelines reduce the discretion of federal judges in imposing sentences. c. A sentencing judge may depart from the prescribed guidelines sentence based on defendant’s education, sex, family and community ties, and employment history. d. Sentences prescribed by the new federal guidelines are not absolute.
Which of the following is defined by law as criminal and committed by state officials, either elected or appointed, in pursuit of their jobs as government representatives?
a. state-organized crime b. government-sanctioned crime c. state-fostered criminality d. fiscal crime