According to Chambliss and Seidman, the probability of a group having its normative system embodied in law is distributed equally throughout society

a. True
b. False


Answer: B

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Title VI of the Civil Rights Act requires all local police agencies to take reasonable steps to ensure that their services are accessible to those who do not speak English

a. True b. False

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Explain how the severity of punishment, the certainty of punishment, and the promptness of punishment will deter criminal behavior. Is one more important than the others?

What will be an ideal response?

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Which of the following is not true in regard to the writing of opinions in Supreme Court cases?

a. Only the chief justice can write the Court's final opinion. b. Any justice is free to write a dissenting opinion. c. Justices will use concurring opinions to address the reasons that they agree with the outcome but not with the reasoning. d. Dissenting opinions may be referred to in briefs written by other lawyers, but they carry no legal authority.

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