Explain the two requirements that must exist in order for liability to be imparted to a person under Section 1983.
What will be an ideal response?
1. The person charged (the defendant) acted under color of state law and 2. the
person charged violated a right secured by the constitution or by federal law.
Learning Objective: 5-1: Know and understand civil liability through state tort law and
liability for violations of constitutionally secured rights under Section 1983 liability.
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If you use geographic units such as nations to be sampled for comparative purposes, it is assumed that
A) Nations are dependent on each other, which makes it easier to find similarities to compare B) Geography doesn’t matter that much in this type of sampling C) Common international influences do not affect nations in a way that would disturb the sample D) Nations are independent of each other in terms of the variables being examined
Contrast positivism with classical criminology.
What will be an ideal response?
What are the key features of routine activities (opportunity) theory and what is the primary difference between it and other societal-level theories detailed in the chapter?
What will be an ideal response?
Theoretical sampling is part of generating a(n) _______________ theory
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word