Daniel Lee is a college professor at a mid-sized university in Maryland. He ran for city council and won in 2014 and his wife is the head of the PTA at his child's grade school. Both he and his wife are respected members of the community. Dan's wife, Lisa, is caught shoplifting a purse from Macy's and is arrested. According to the text, Lisa would be considered a ________.

A. snitch
B. booster
C. heel
D. fence


Answer: A

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________ _______ is used to conduct an initial hearing with a detainee without actually bringing them to the courtroom

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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After six years, Roscoe is finally graduating from college. In celebration he invites 20 of his friends to a party being held at his apartment. As the party continues into the nighttime hours, neighbors call Roscoe to complain

He simply replies, "Loosen up. My days in college are over and I will be gone tomorrow." About midnight, several neighbors call the police and complain about the noise. A police officer responds to the scene and asks Roscoe to calm down the sound. Roscoe agrees but 30 minutes later several neighbors call the police again. The same police officer returns to the apartment complex and determines he can hear the party from inside his patrol car while parked on the city street. At this point the officer: A) would be legally justified to cite the partiers for disorderly conduct. B) must precisely measure the sound level with a decibel meter before he may take legal action against Roscoe. C) should obtain sworn complaints from at least two of the complaining neighbors. D) is legally required to summon a supervisor to the scene to confirm that the party noise is violating the disorderly conduct statute.

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If a neighbor had conducted the search and found the evidence, then called the officers, it is admissible, because it is

a. a private search. b. fruit of the poisonous tree. c. independent source. d. an inevitable source.

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________________________ is the process of passing on deviant traditions and delinquent values from one from one generation to the next

a. Social disorganization c. Social control b. Cultural transmission d. Social learning

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