In enacting criminal law, the state must be able to show all of the following except
a. that the language of the statute or ordinance clearly tells people what they are not to do
b. that the law does not contravene the U.S. Constitution
c. that the public really wants the law
d. a compelling public need
c. that the public really wants the law
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After an abusive attack, it is not unusual for the offender to:
a. Leave for an extended period of time. b. Beg for forgiveness. c. Turn themselves over to the police. d. Instantly abuse again.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. At any given level of alpha, a larger zobt is needed to reject the null hypothesis in the directional hypothesis test. 2. The critical value of t at a given alpha level will be smaller than the comparable critical value of z and is much smaller when n is very small. 3. The null hypothesis states that the µ = 110 and the alternative hypothesis states µ < 110. The mean of the sample was 29 with a standard deviation of 3. After calculating the t statistic at the ? .05 level, the researchers would reject the null hypothesis. 4. For a survey of 1,000 people, 550 reported voting in favor of legalizing some drugs. Is there sufficient evidence to suggest that drugs would be legalized at the .01 level? 5. The correct test used to calculate for a proportion is a t test.
Since common law was unwritten law, to what did judges “turn” as they decided if an act was criminal or not?
a. Immemorial custom b. Oral historians c. Church documents d. A fifteenth-century French code
Which of the following refers to atypical or artificial behavior produced by respondent’s awareness of being studied.
a. Interference b. Intervention c. Abnormality d. Reactivity