One key point to keep in mind is the term ______ when determining acts of negligence.

A. personal culpability
B. culpable person
C. reasonable person
D. foreseeable outcome


C. reasonable person

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Which of the following is not a purpose of sentencing guidelines?

a. Uniformity c. Incapacitation b. Neutrality d. Truth

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

1. Social disorganization theory posits that crime is due to social disorganization and social breakdown of an area. 2. The looking-glass self is Cooley’s theory of personality as a perceived perception of the reaction of others. 3. One weakness of Edwin Sutherland’s differential association theory is that he failed to account for the fact that not all associations are equal in intensity, frequency, duration, and priority. 4. Differential association theory is a behavioristic theory.

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At this time, if you were looking for data on all incidents of crime known to local, county, and state police departments across the country, you would turn to the __________.

a. Uniform Crime Report (UCR) b. National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) c. National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) d. Census Bureau

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Which Supreme Court case found support for protecting the rights of inmates to practice nontraditional religions, such as Wicca (nature worship)?

a. Cutter v. Wilkinson (2005) b. Theriault v. Carlson (1977) c. Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (2000) d. O’Lone v. Estate of Shabazz (1987)

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