The mutawa in Saudi Arabia are the:
a. Regular police
b. Morals police
c. Civil order police
d. Secret police
B
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1.La Cosa Nostra is the only organized crime group operating in the United States. 2.The majority of white-collar crime is committed by persons of particularly high status. 3.The cost of medical fraud resulting from unnecessary and overpriced medical tests and treatments, administrative fees, and other fraud was estimated at US$750 billion in 2009. 4.Corporate hospital fraud can only be committed by physicians, and bank embezzlement by bank employees in positions of trust. 5.During much of American history, the primary legal stance relating to the activities of business was laissez-faire.
All of the following factors are considered by courts when making the determination whether a law is criminal, EXCEPT ______.
a. whether the legislature characterizes the penalty as civil or criminal b. if the type of penalty imposed historically has been viewed as criminal c. whether the penalty involves a significant restraint on personal freedom d. the number of individuals brought to court charged under the law in question
Which model of prosecution assigns different prosecutors to each of the steps of a case?
a. Step-by-step model b. Case-by-case model c. Horizontal model d. Vertical model
A legal principle that requires that, in subsequent cases on similar issues of law and fact, courts be bound by their own earlier decisions and by those of higher courts having jurisdiction over them. (the term literally means "Standing by decided matters")