In what case did the U.S. Supreme Court hold that due process expects punitive damages to be reasonable, considering: (1) the degree of reprehensibility of conduct, (2) the disparity between actual harm and the punitive award, and (3) a comparison of the award to similar civil or criminal penalties?
A. State Farm v. Campbell
B. Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker
C. Phillip Morris U.S.A. v. Williams
D. BMW v. Gore
Answer: D
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a. True b. False
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A) includes both fellatio and cunnilingus. B) can only be committed by a man. C) has the same elements as sodomy. D) is a constitutionally protected right of privacy.
A theory is:
a. a relationship between two variables in which they vary together. b. an educated guess by a criminologist about the relationship between two variables. c. a statement in which a variable is denoted as the cause of change in another variable. d. an explanation for a phenomenon based on observation, experimentation, and reasoning.
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a. permeability b. accessibility c. defensible space d. target-hardening