Justice of the peace courts and municipal courts are similar in which of the following ways?

"Policy entrepreneurs" are members of:

a. interest groups who propose new policies. b. Congress who implement policies. c. Congress who push policy proposals. d. bureaucracies who testify in support of policies. e. state governments who represent state interests in Congress.

________ differs from murder in that the malice and premeditation are lacking

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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

1. The University of Chicago’s infamous department of sociology was comprised of economists, historians, and journalists at first. 2. Clifford Shaw and Henry McKay found that rates of delinquency do not appear to be clustered and are far from the central business districts. Ans: FALSE 3. Social disorganization theories tend to focus on groups and places rather than individuals. 4. According to Ruth Kornhauser’s approach to social disorganization theory, neighborhoods characterized by poverty, population turnover, and racial/ethnic heterogeneity cannot control their environments and achieve common goals. 5. Social disorganization research fails to include self-report surveys.

If a person commits a crime to avoid immediate serious harm unlawfully threatened by another, the person should claim the defense of:

a. temporary insanity. b. duress. c. necessity. d. self-defense.