The Minnesota Supreme Court found unconstitutional and discriminatory against African Americans a state law providing twenty years in prison for crack possession but only ___ years for possession of powdered cocaine in State v. Russell (1991)
a. 2
b. 5
c. 8
d. 10
b
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Sir Robert Peel was one of the first people to emphasize a role for police officers that included not only crime fighting, but also prevention
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1.A large majority of American’s belive that violent crime is declining. 2.Models of media effects have been strongly influenced by pluralism. 3.Behaviorism represented a major challenge to the more dominant perspective of psychoanalysis. 4.According to the authors, citizens turned to solutions at the macro-level. 5.Positivism regards the world as unfixable and unquantifiable.
The use of _____________ sentences was greatly expanded in the 1980s as a primary weapon in the War on Drugs.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
PC 241 and PC 243(e)(6) battery with special conditions, has to do with special classes, where the victims are either peace officers, firefighters, EMT’s, intensive care paramedic, physician or nurse, which is not true with regards to the elements of
the crime: a. the person assaulted must be a class member. b. the person must be engaged in the performance of his or her duties at the time of the assault. c. the assailant knows or should reasonably know, that the victim is in this “class” of protected victims. d. the victim does not have to be engaged in the performance of their duties.