Jameson broke into a large home last night knowing that he would find very valuable items that mobile and easy to steal. He believes he was able to take roughly $50,000 worth of merchandise. He plans to sell his bounty to an individual who makes a living buying stolen goods and selling them at flea markets. What term refers to this kind of individual?

a. a scumbag
b. a thief
c. a fence
d. a merchant


c. a fence

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Describe the evidence to be collected and the specialists or crime laboratory units that would be needed to properly analyze the following crime scene and answer the given questions

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What does economic marginalization mean and how is it used in theory?

What will be an ideal response?

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The Model Penal Code's (MPC's) version of the necessity defense applies only to situations where an actor

A. makes a choice between equal evils. B. kills one person to save another. C. acts to save himself at the expense of another. D. kills a person to save several others.

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Refer to the market for loanable funds, as shown in the above graph. Suppose the market for loanable funds is originally in equilibrium at interest rate i 0 and quantity Q 0 . In the next period, the equilibrium interest rate increases to i 1 and quantity decreases to Q 1 . Which of the following could be the cause of this shift?


A. Households decide to save less
B. Households decide to save more
C. Investors become less optimistic
D. Investors become more optimistic

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