Which of the following best describes how judges “make law”?
a. Writing legislation
b. Interpreting statutes
c. Issuing executive orders
d. Sentencing offenders
b. Interpreting statutes
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An index of organized crime provides an estimate of businesses victimized by organized crime. The results found that lack of independence and integrity of the judiciary was the most important predictor of the extent of organized crime, followed by _______
a. Lack of effective police b. A corrupt legislature c. Countries with too many laws d. Countries with large Italian populations
The elderly are targeted more for fraud involving finances than other people
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
In order to save time, money, and effort, a group of criminologists, sociologists, psychologists, and political scientists combine their survey questions into one large questionnaire to be distributed to a group of students. This survey is known as a(n) ______.
A. omnibus survey B. encompassing survey C. dissertation survey D. proposal survey
The central defining characteristic of a psychopath is __________
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).