Define Civil Liability.

What will be an ideal response?


Potential responsibility for payment of damages or other court-ordered enforcement as a result of a ruling in a lawsuit. Civil liability is not the same as criminal liability, which means “open to punishment for a crime.”

Criminal Justice

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What is credit card "skimming" and how is it committed?

What will be an ideal response?

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According to the text, a high percentage of prostitutes interviewed had not been sexually abused as juveniles

a. True b. False

Criminal Justice

Which of the following was not one of the corporate strategies of policing described by the Executive Sessions on Policing?

a. team policing c. community policing b. strategic policing d. problem-solving policing

Criminal Justice

The right to a speedy trial is provided for under the:

a. Fourth Amendment. b. Fifth Amendment. c. Sixth Amendment. d. Eight Amendment.

Criminal Justice