The ___________ is a standard for judging legal insanity that requires that offenders did not know what they were doing, or if they did, that they did not know it was wrong

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


Answer: M’Naughten Rule

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Some scholars think that high homicide rates in the South arises from a _____ in which disputes that might fade away in other regions become deadly in the South

a. Southern subculture of violence b. Greater availability of opportunity c. Decreased access to nutrition as youths d. Southern subculture of illiteracy

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People who practice ______ deliberate well as reflect ethically about the good life in general.

a. act consequentialism b. ethical wisdom c. ethical absolutism d. virtue ethics

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The skin color and features of a group of people are referred to as ______.

a. race b. ethnicity c. biology d. physicality

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Which type of juvenile crime has experienced a decrease in arrests in the past decade?

a. Property crimes b. Murder c. Forcible rape d. Robbery

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