The Code of Hammurabi provided the basis for criminal and civil law
a. True
b. False
a
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Examples used in the text for Rita Simon's female crime and opportunity structures included all of the following EXCEPT:
a. The women defendants of Enron. b. Martha Stewart's insider trading. c. The women in the Mafia. d. Female drug lords in Mexico.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Social control theories argue the law is representative of the consensus in society. 2. Travis Hirschi is among social control theorists which seek to ask why are people not being deviant rather than why are people deviant? 3. Denial of the victim is a technique of neutralization. 4. Deviant acts that provide immediate gratification of desires construct low self-control. 5. Acts that are exciting, risky or thrilling induce NORMAL self-control.
Which of the following elements is common to most if not all mental health courts?
A) Participation in a mental health court is voluntary.
B) The key objective of a mental health court is to ensure offenders with mental illnesses are placed in secure confinement to reduce the risk to society.
C) The corrections department oversees the treatment and supervision process and facilitates collaboration among mental health court team members.
D) Participation does not require that the offender's mental illness be the cause of their involvement in the criminal justice system.
While the prosecution is presenting its case, the questioning of witnesses the prosecution calls to testify on behalf of the prosecution is called direct examination.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)