Punishing people by incarcerating them in prisons and/or jails can actually be traced to a liberal reform effort instigated by William Penn
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b. False
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In predicting general patterns social scientists deal in probabilities and do not expect these patterns to hold in each and every case
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An advantage to using Commercial off-the-shelf technology products is that an agency may find itself in a position of having to modify practices to fit the technology
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Which of the following is the best definition of a strict liability offense?
a. This type of offense usually leads to civil law suits. b. The guilty state of mind of the offender makes the offense more serious. c. The offender may use an emergency circumstance as a lawful excuse. d. The state of mind of the offender has no legal bearing on the offense.
In Breithaupt v. Abram the Supreme Court upheld the warrantless intrusion (via a needle) into a person?s body for the purpose of drawing blood to see if he had been drinking
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