Prisons are administered by
a. counties
b. municipalities
c. states and the federal government
d. courts
a
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Tyson was in the process of having his dream home built. He waited his entire life to save the kind of money it took to buy property and design a home. Unfortunately, there was a fire at the construction site overnight. There were no workers present. It is suspected that some drifters saw the location as temporary shelter as they were passing through the area. They likely build a fire to stay warm and left without putting the fire out. If this theory is correct, can the individuals who started the fire be charged with arson under the common law standards?
a. Yes, the presence of soot is enough to charge arson. b. Yes, arson is a strict liability offense. c. No, aggravated arson is more appropriate. d. No because the building was still under construction and not yet a dwelling.
Most jurisdictions use this as the distinguishing factor between felonies and misdemeanors:
A) length of incarceration. B) character of the offense. C) place of incarceration. D) common law classifications.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Laws and official reporting and recording practices vary significantly across countries. 2. Interpol and the United Nations provide data on what crimes are known to the police across a large number of countries and also about how these crimes are handled—for example, the number or rates of arrests, prosecutions, and convictions. 3. International Consortium of Political and Social Research provides data-sets that focus on deviance and social control domestically and strictly within the United States (or countries allied with the United States). 4. The sociological research and theories described in this book is mostly carried out in the United States or in non-developed Eastern societies. 5. Empirical evidence is not perfectly consistent across countries in research testing Hirschi and Gottfredson’s General Theory of Crime because overall there appears to be a lack of general support across various forms of deviance.
The system of appointing probation officers that was designed to remove public employees from political patronage is the ______ system
a. appointment b. merit c. combined d. federal