In a constitutional democracy, "quality of life" crimes underscore the tension between liberty and
a. order
b. freedom.
c. peace.
d. policing.
a
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A(n) ________ tends to be enclosed by concrete walls and barbed wire perimeter fences.
A. maximum-security prison B. medium-security prison C. minimum-security prison D. open institution
What do the authors mean when they say that military prisons offer "cautionary tales" to state and federal prisons?
A. State, federal, and military prisons must all follow the same rules, so rule violations that happen in one type of prison often happen in the others. B. Although military prisons do not have to follow the same rules and laws that state and federal prisons do, both places usually have language barriers. C. Although military prisons do not have to follow the same rules and laws that state and federal prisons do, the abuses that happen there can also happen in other prisons. D. State, federal, and military prisons must all follow the same rules, but rule violations that happen in military prison almost never happen in state and federal prisons.
The defense of insanity requires the defendant to prove that when he committed the criminal acts, he had a mental defect that
(a) prevented him from distinguishing right from wrong. (b) caused him to make a mistake of law. (c) caused him to make a mistake of fact. (d) convinced him that he could get away with the crime.
The Daubert test is a more ________ standard for determining the validity of an expert's theories and methods than the Frye test.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).