A trial court in a county has “jurisdiction” to preside over a criminal case
(a) if any part of the crime occurred in that county.
(b) only if all criminal acts occurred in that county.
(c) if the defendant was arrested in the county where the court is, regardless of where the criminal acts occurred.
(d) only if the criminal intent arose in that county.
(a) if any part of the crime occurred in that county.
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A. full B. mandated C. liberated D. altruistic E. none of the above
The Law in Society section is optimistic about the ability of the justice system to correct the problem of prosecutorial misconduct
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
This is the practice of automatically searching large stores of data for patterns to help combat cellular fraud:
a. Knowledge––discovery b. Roamer verification/reinstatement (RVR) c. Radio frequency fingerprinting (RFF) d. Data Mining
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The economic cost of white collar crime has been far more accurately measured than that of conventional crime. 2. It is possible for stockholders to benefit economically from corporate or securities-related crimes which they know nothing about. 3. Many legitimate businesses and professionals profit from white collar crimes which they did not cause to occur. 4. Annual losses in the U.S. for identity theft are almost ten times as high as the losses from burglary and robbery. 5. The fact that our government has been able to levy and collect very high fines greatly offsets the economic cost of white collar crime.