Robert, a Texas peace officer, arrests Janet for public intoxication. Robert becomes angry at Janet when she vomits in the rear of his patrol vehicle. Without any legal justification Robert strikes Janet three times with his baton
He then takes her to jail. After being released from jail, Janet files a complaint with the local prosecutor regarding Robert's unjustified use of the baton. She also files a complaint with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. After several investigations Robert is terminated from his job as a police officer. Both state and federal authorities desire to prosecute him for his assaultive conduct on Janet. Which of the following statements is accurate regarding this situation?
A) Federal authorities may prosecute Robert only if Texas authorities refuse to prosecute him.
B) Texas authorities may prosecute Robert only if federal authorities first decline to prosecute him.
C) Robert may not be prosecuted by both federal and Texas authorities because such dual prosecution would violate the prohibition against double jeopardy.
D) Because of the dual sovereign doctrine, Robert may be prosecuted by both federal and Texas authorities without violating the Constitutional prohibition against double jeopardy.
D
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Match each social structure theory listed in Column 1 with its description in Column 2
1. Social disorganization theory a. An ecological approach to explaining crime that examined how social disorganization contributes to social pathology. 2. Ecological theory b. Through a process of social communication, the transmission of delinquency through successive generations of people living in the same area. 3. Environmental criminology c. A type of sociological approach that emphasizes demographics and geographics and sees the social disorganization that characterizes delinquency areas as a major cause of criminality and victimization. 4. Chicago School of Criminology d. A perspective on crime causation that holds that physical deterioration in an area leads to increased concerns for personal safety among area residents and to higher crime rates in that area. 5. Social pathology e. Also called environmental criminology 6. Cultural transmission f. A perspective on crime and deviance that highlights the role that the breakdown of social institutions, such as the family, the economy, education, and religion, play in crime causation. 7. Broken windows thesis g. Conducted their work at the University of Chicago and developed what became known as social ecology. 8. Criminology of place h. Developed the idea of cultural transmission and applied the concentric zone model to the study of juvenile delinquency. 9. Park and Burgess i. A concept that compares society to a physical organism and that sees criminality as an illness or a disease. 10. Shaw and McKay j. An emerging perspective that emphasizes the importance of geographic location and architectural features as they are associated with the prevalence of criminal victimization.
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A. G.A.N.G.S. program B. C.O.P.S. program C. D.A.R.E. program D. G.R.E.A.T. program
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
According to Marty Beyer, boys are more focused on relationships than girls
Indicate whether the statement is true or false