________, a form of extortion, is not as common today as they were in the past.

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


Answer: Shakedowns

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Which member of the U.S. Intelligence community would be used to analyze foreign languages?

a. Federal Bureau of Investigation b. Central Intelligence Agency c. National Reconnaissance Office d. National Security Agency

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This philosophy of punishment in which the primary function of imprisonment and execution is seen as preventing a person from committing additional crimes is known as:

a. incapacitation. b. special deterrence. c. rehabilitation. d. retribution. e. general deterrence.

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What do the crimes of theft, robbery, fraud, and receiving stolen property all have in common?

a. They all consist of taking someone else's property b. They all consist of damaging someone else's property. c. They all consist of destroying someone else's property. d. They all consist of invading someone else's property.

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Key to the reasoning in Vernonia, which examined drug testing for student athletes in high school, was that _____

a. participation in extracurricular activities like school sports is an essential component of education b. the already diminished expectation of privacy in the school setting was even lower for student athletes c. professional athletes are also required to take random drug tests, establishing a precedent d. the courts have already held that suspicionless drug testing passes muster for public school students in general

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