In Whren v. United States (1996) the Supreme Court ruled that _________________

a. the test of whether police properly stopped a motor vehicle is whether a reasonable officer would have stopped the vehicle based on the driver having committed a traffic infraction
b. officers' motives in stopping an automobile are irrelevant if there is an objective basis for the stop
c. police may stop any vehicle to search for drugs if the vehicle is in an area where drug trafficking has recently occurred
d. investigatory stops of vehicles may be made based solely on anonymous tips received by police


B

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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A) family background B) neurological C) socioeconomic D) antisocial

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A minute gap between the neuron and target cell across which neurotransmitters travel is called a __________.

A. dendrite B. synaptic cleft C. receptor D. neuron

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