Structural theories help explain why some women are more likely than other women to _____. However, they do not help explain why female crime rates are lower than male crime rates
a. Commit crime
b. Have multiple children
c. Have mannish traits
d. Suffer psychological problems
Answer: a
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Under most state and federal statutes, the convicted offender:
A) must provide the court with a version of the criminal event in the PSI report. B) may or may not wish to append his/her version of the criminal event to the PSI report. C) is prohibited from giving a version of the criminal event in the PSI report. D) None of the above
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What will be an ideal response?
Imagine that you discover that Jack, a 16-year-old boy, has engaged in consensual sexual intercourse with Jill, his 19-year-old math tutor. According to the law, is this statutory rape? Does it matter that the underage minor in this scenario is male? Might Romeo and Juliet laws apply?
What will be an ideal response?
The dissent in Herring v. U.S. (2009) argued that the exclusionary rule should apply to a search conducted pursuant to an arrest warrant that was later discovered to have been recalled months earlier because:
a. there was reason to believe that the arresting officer who conducted the search should have investigatedwhether the warrant was recalled b. the officer did not honestly believe he was acting in good faith c. negligent bookkeeping mistakes by law enforcement threaten individual liberty and can be deterred by theexclusionary rule d. probable cause was required to conduct the search