According to legal scholar, Morris, Cohen, why should victimless crimes be criminally prohibited?

a. Because then moral crusaders would not get to define the law.
b. Because victimless crimes are highly immoral just like "street crimes."
c. Because one of the functions of criminal law is to express the public's shared sense of morality.
d. Because victimless crimes cause social harm and all acts that cause social harm are criminally prohibited.


C

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a. True b. False

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Which of the following are options for dealing with mental retardation defendants charged with statutory rape.

a. Judges and prosecutors could use their discretion to pursue the prosecution for those who are morally culpable b. Legislators could modify sentencing schemes applied to the defendants c. Judges or legislators could interpret or change the governing rule of statutory rape d. All of the above

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Which of the following is not a typical reason for planned changes to occur within police organizations?

A) The police department has been judged to be generally deficient in its crime fighting capabilities by the local media or important interest groups within the community. B) A police chief and/or other high ranking police officials have been indicted for accepting payoffs. C) A new police chief has been appointed and implements change just to show members of the police department who is boss. D) Police/minority relations are at an all-time low, in part because of repeated alleged misconduct by the police in dealing with members of the minority community.

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Fingerprints are ____________________ evidence of guilt

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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