Discuss the Code of Hammurabi. Do you agree or disagree with its historical law? Would you support its establishment today? Why or why not?
What will be an ideal response?
The earliest laws noted in the Code of Hammurabi address the subject and provide: If a man make a false accusation against a man, putting a ban upon him, and cannot prove it, then the accuser shall be put to death. If a man[in a case pending judgment]threaten[s] the witnesses, or do[es] not establish that which he has testified, if that case be a case involving life, that man shall be put to death. Opinions will vary.
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The chief law enforcement officer of most counties is the ________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Which of the following is not one of the justice professionals in the courthouse?
a. social services personnel b. prosecutors c. judges d. police
List some of the findings of the Montreal Longitudinal Experimental Study
What will be an ideal response?
The positivist school of criminology posits that
A. individuals choose to commit crimes after weighing the consequences of their actions. B. all human actions are determined in accordance with the felicific calculus. C. human behavior is determined by forces beyond individual control. D. anomie is a breakdown of social order, which causes people to commit crimes.