Nearly one of three hate crimes goes unreported to the police
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
False
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The term “race” refers to groups of persons who are relatively alike in their biological inheritance and ______.
a. maintain a distinct subculture b. share the same mitochondrial DNA c. are distinct from other groups d. cannot reproduce with other races
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Stare decisis means that a person has the right to remain silent and does not have to respond to questions that might implicate themselves in a criminal offense. 2. Proposition 83 (otherwise known as “Jessica’s Law”) was passed by a vote of 70.5% of Californian voters in 2006 and was designed to increase the punishment for individuals who are convicted of sexually based crimes against adults and children. This is an example of case law. 3. Administrative law refers to the body of law that governs the creation and function of state and federal government agencies. 4. The primary source for administrative law is the Federal Administrative Procedure Act. 5. Case law is directly linked to statutory law.
Enforcement and intelligence agencies were given more powers primarily through the U.S.A. Patriot Act.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Which of the following is not accurate with respect to the data that agencies collect?
a. nonpublic agency records contain information pertinent to criminal justice research b. nonpublic records, even though significant for our understanding of criminal justice processing, are unavailable to any researcher who does not work for the specific agency c. all criminal justice agencies keep nonpublic records d. most researchers in the field of criminal justice use agency records as their source of data