What reference points are most often chosen when constructing a temperature scale?

What will be an ideal response?


The most convenient reference points are the melting point of ice and the boiling point of water.

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Force or threat of force must be evident in order for a sexual victimization to be considered a rape. 2. Sexual coercion requires forcing one to engage in sexual intercourse. 3. In the UCR, rape is limited to forcible rape. 4. Sexual victimization is most likely to occur to males when they are under the age of 12. 5. Females are most at risk of sexual victimization when they are under the age of 12.

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Which is not one of the potential problems of ?the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)?

A) Overreporting due to victims' misinterpretation of events. B) Underreporting due to the embarrassment of reporting crime to interviewers, fear of getting in trouble, or simply forgetting an incident. C) ?Inability to record the personal criminal activity of those victims interviewed, such as drug use or gambling. D) ?Question format that often validates responses. E) ?Sampling errors, which may produce a group of respondents who do not represent the nation as a whole.

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As an intentional tort, assault covers acts sufficiently threatening to cause fear of immediate bodily harm

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

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Which of the below statements is incorrect regarding the crime of robbery?

a. Robbery is an aggravated form of theft. b. Robbery involves the wrongful taking of personal or real property. c. The robbery must be against the will of another. d. The robbery must be accomplished by means of force or fear. e. All of the above statements are correct.

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