Black’s theory about the behavior of the criminal law:

a. is an attempt to apply legal realism and Freudian ideas to explain how criminal law is formed.
b. is based primarily on psychological learning theories.
c. argues that increases to certainty and severity of punishment could lower crime rates.
d. predicts that street criminals will be prosecuted at higher rates than corporations regardless of the amount of harm caused.
e. suggests that the law is formed through societal consensus about crime.


d. predicts that street criminals will be prosecuted at higher rates than corporations regardless of the amount of harm caused.

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Grouping data into intervals would be recommended if:

a. researchers had more than 25 persons in their sample. b. researchers had fewer than 25 persons in their sample. c. the data were measured according to an ordinal scale. d. the data were measured according to a nominal scale.

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The National Response Plan was created by what?

a. Homeland Security Presidential Directive b. Congressional act c. Executive Order d. none of the above

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If the hydrochloride is removed from cocaine hydrochloride, the free base is produced, which is known on the street as ____________________.

What will be an ideal response?

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The ability to identify criminals and target crimes efficiently is associated with:

A) aggressive patrol. B) the use of technology. C) rapid response. D) procedural justice. E) broken windows policing.

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