When Japan’s laws avoid making any formal distinction regarding levels of culpability, they exemplify which aspect of substantive law in the Eastern Asia legal tradition?
a. Specificity
b. The reliance on fa over li
c. The influence of communism
d. The preference for informal justice
d. The preference for informal justice
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Relatives other than parents account for _____ of child sexual abuse
a. 5% b. 7% c. 9% d. 11%
In 1881, Clara Barton founded the _____________
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Out of all homicides, the proportion associated with gangs has been relatively stable over the past 20 years despite which co-occurring phenomenon?
A. decreased immigration B. the growth of rural populations C. increased gun control D. a sharp decline in the national crime rate
In 1928, in Olmstead v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court examined the issue of whether evidence gathered through warrantless wiretaps of home and business telephone lines was obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment. The majority of the justices found that:
a. The evidence—conversations—was heard and did not amount to a search and seizure of a physical object. b. The defendant had no reasonable expectation of privacy when transmitting information over telephone lines that he did not own. c. While the telephone lines did enter the home, the wiretaps were placed outside of his home and thus did not amount to an intrusion into the home. d. All of the above e. Only a and c