Hate crimes are not separate and distinct crimes but are offenses that are motivated by

A. racial opportunity.
B. a social breakdown.
C. antireligious views.
D. an offender's bias.


Answer: D

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The __________ doctrine states that evidence obtained as a result of an earlier illegality must be excluded from trial.

a. prior taint

b. attenuation of the taint

c. fruit of the tainted seizure

d. fruit of the poisonous tree

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Neither Burgess and Aker’s model nor Sutherland’s theory addresses the idea that delinquent associations could occur after criminal activity takes place. 2. Control theories focus on social or personal factors that explain how and why individuals learn criminal behavior. 3. Learning theories believe that individuals enter the world with a blank slate, or tabula rasa. 4. Sutherland’s differential association theory is hard to test because it uses too many different types of learning models. 5. Nonsocial reinforcement is considered self-reinforcement

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A women's sense of self-worth is defined by what?

What will be an ideal response?

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Some argue that judges are reluctant to use which Amendment because its language is vague, never defining what specific rights are protected?

a. the Ninth Amendment b. the Tenth Amendment c. the Eleventh Amendment d. the Twelfth Amendment

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