The ______ of the United States Constitution provides that the federal law is superior to a state law within those areas that are preserved for the federal government.

a. Constitution
b. state criminal code
c. federal criminal code
d. Supremacy Clause


d. Supremacy Clause

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To improve the quality of police responses, Goldstein argued for all but which one of the following?

a. Police must be equipped to define more clearly and fully the problems they handle. b. Officers should first take all prospective problem-solving solutions to their supervisors. c. The police must develop a commitment to analyzing problems. d. Police must be encouraged to search for the most effective response to each problem.

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According to Beccaria, which of the three elements of punishment address the “privation of liberty”?

. severe b. certain c. swiftness d. reciprocity

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Summarize the historical beginnings of the juvenile justice system

What will be an ideal response?

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According to the text, honesty is synonymous with __________________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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