A person assaults a peace officer because the officer filed charges against the individual. The person has committed
a. assault.
b. criminal mischief.
c. retaliation.
d. aggravated assault.
e. no offense if the charges are found to be unfounded.
Answer: c. retaliation.
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What fallacy happens when investigators try to apply a simple "yes or no" answer to a complex question?
a. Bifurcation b. Generalization c. False Linkage d. Inductive reasoning
Child protective agencies are alerted by complaints received for various sources. There are professional and paraprofessionals who are mandated by law to report signs of child abuse/neglect. They do not include:
A. School nurses. B. Doctors. C. Teachers. D. Lawyers.
Match up the terminology in the left column to the definitions in the right column
1. business model a. A model of retail drug distribution in which dealers and buyers transact their business with relative anonymity, outside of the structure of a large-scale drug organization. 2. freelance model b. Violent acts that arise from the traditionally aggressive patterns of behavior that exist within a network of illicit drug trafficking and distribution 3. Systemic violence c. Need for money to buy drugs as the primary motivation for violence 4. Economically compulsive violence d. A model of retail drug distribution in which drug transactions are conducted within a hierarchically structured organization. 5. Drug-Defined Crime e. Crimes that occur while an individual is under the influence of a drug. 6. Drug-Related Crime f. Can include psychopharmacological crime, economically compulsive crime, and systemic crime. 7. Psychopharmacological Crime g. Labeled by the U.S. Department of Justice as an indirect relationship between drug use and crime. 8. Interactional Circumstances h. Also known as the medical model. 9. Enslavement Model i. Also known as the criminal model. 10. Predispositional Model j. Crimes involving the violation of laws prohibiting the possession, distribution, or manufacture of specific drugs.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. American criminal law comes from a wide range of sources. 2. Hacking into someone’s computer does not constitute an affirmative act. 3. A negative act refers to inaction. 4. The definition of crime and the definition of wrongdoing are the same. 5. Crime refers to actions and inactions that society deems both wrong and punishable.