A basic criminal act can be a RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations act) predicate and can include any substantive criminal act such as the following EXCEPT ________.

A. illegal gambling
B. drug distribution
C. theft
D. phone solicitation


Answer: D

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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This type of victimization suggests that a person has been a victim of ANY type of crime more than once.

a) Recurring victimization a) Repeat victimization b) Revictimization c) Vicarious victimization

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Domestic violence crimes have been transformed from a private concern to a criminal justice problem since what decade?

a. since the early 1970s b. since the early 1960s c. since the early 1980s d. since the early 1990s

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In seventeenth-century England, private detectives paid by the Crown on a piecework basis were known as

A. magistrates. B. shire-reeves. C. beadles. D. thief-takers.

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