An accurate statement about courts of general jurisdiction is that they are ______

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


Answer: A state's major trial courts

Sociology

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The truly disadvantaged are people who live predominantly in the inner city and who are trapped in a cycle of joblessness, deviance, crime, welfare dependency, and unstable family life

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Sociology

Japanese Americans are often referred to as "the group that was __________."

a) interred b) inured c) interned d) infirmed

Sociology

According to Graeme Newman's The Punishment Response (1978), appropriate punishment "to suit the crime" would __________

a. result in the elimination of the Juvenile court system altogether b. not only encourage the reformation of offenders, but discourage criminality in the general populace c. only further encourage juveniles to break the law, as well as to hide their behavior better d. jam up the court system so much that most juvenile offenders would be adults before their case was heard in court

Sociology

A six-year-old believes that dark clouds in the sky are angry. That child is in the stage

a. sensorimotor b. preoperational c. concrete operational d. formal operational

Sociology