The primary heritage of the U.S. legal system is _____________, which refers to a traditional body of unwritten legal precedents created through everyday practices and supported by court decisions
a. constitutional law
b. procedural law
c. common law
d. criminal law
C
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What is the system of laws, operative in some Arab countries, based on the Muslim religion and especially the holy book of Islam, the Koran?
What will be an ideal response?
Which statement is false regarding the population of jail inmates?
A. The number of juveniles in adult facilities has been dramatically increasing in the past decade. B. Less than 20 percent of jail inmates are female. C. Men and the poor are overrepresented among jail inmates. D. Racial and ethnic minorities are overrepresented among jail inmates.
Which of the following types of models demonstrates how cases are treated differently by the criminal justice system?
a. due process mode b. crime control model c. wedding cake model d. bureaucratic model
Although, as we have seen, family members commit most elder abuse, such abuse also occurs in _____ and other facilities
a. prisons b. public schools c. police stations d. nursing homes