Under the doctrine of respondeat superior, state and local governments and their agencies are liable for their employees' torts, if the employees committed the torts during the course of their employment

a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false


True

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The rational choice perspective has been applied to the decision-making processes within corporations, as well as to individual offenders

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Where possible, grievances should be handled at the highest possible level

a. True b. False

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?Dr. Wayne Lord, former director of the FBI's child abduction unit, found that of the 3,200 to 4,600 annual occurrences of non-familial child abductions, _____ were by predators who sexually assaulted and/or killed their child victims.

A. ?25-35 B. ?40-50 C. ?100-150 D. ?1000-1500

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President Obama felt that private prison companies ______.

A. should be phased out B. were too soft on repeat offenders C. needed more funding D. did better than government-run prisons

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