Which type of motor vehicle theft typically results in higher penalties for offenders?

a. professional car theft
b. carjacking
c. victim-absent car thefts
d. joyriding


b. carjacking

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Which racial group was said to harbor increased fears of attacks at school in 2009?

a. Whites b. Hispanics c. Blacks d. Asian

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A basic characteristic of organized crime is that it depends on __________________________ for survival and continued profitability

a. profits from gambling b. the corruption of government officials c. laundering illegal funds d. loyalty

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Match the term with the type of inducement

Column 1: prosecutorial inducement statutory inducement ad hoc plea bargaining judicial inducement Column 2: offers made by the prosecution to the defendant when a judge offers something to the defendant in exchange for a guilty plea statutes that offer incentives for pleading guilty a term used to describe some of the strange concessions that defendants agree to make as part of prosecutors? decisions to secure guilty pleas

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The most common victim-offender relationship of murders known to the police in 2004 was:

A. Family
B. Acquaintance
C. Intimate Partner
D. Stranger

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