In the debate to decriminalize victimless crimes, ________ is NOT included.
A. driving under the influence (DUI)
B. prostitution
C. gambling
D. sodomy
Answer: A
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Victimology is a school of criminology that studies why certain people are the victims of crimes and the optimal role for victims in the criminal justice system
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
To obtain a conviction for first-degree murder the prosecution must establish the defendant's specific intent to take the life of the victim
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
From 1794 to 1795, the French government conducted more than legal executions
a. 1,700 b. 17,000 c. 700 d. 170,000
A newly captured soldier is found to be in possession of documents that indicate an imminent operation targeting American soldiers. Traditional interrogation of the soldier has not yielded any results, and you are concerned that lives will be lost if the captive soldier cannot be made to reveal what he knows about the imminent attack. Believing that time is running out, you consider authorizing
the use of brutality in order to hopefully extract the information before lives are lost. Your dilemma is known as: a. the principle of double effect. b. the Dirty Harry problem. c. "just means.". d. the Jack Bauer solution.