According to the conflict paradigm:

a. those who control major social institutions determine how crime is defined.
b. law arises from minority interest groups but coalitions and shared interests may shift the balance of power.
c. law serves as a tool of unification.
d. law contributes to the collective conscience by providing an example of deviance.


a

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Which of the following is NOT a reason that the Supreme Court cited in Ruffin v. Commonwealth of Virginia for what became known as the hands-off doctrine?

a. the Court's lack of expertise in corrections and showing deference to thejudgment of prison administrators b. the status of American prisons as the most fair and efficiently run such institutions in the world c. the need for separation of powers betweenthe judicial and the executive branches of government d. a concern thataccepting prisoner rights cases would flood the courts with prisoner lawsuits

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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