Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. In order to standardize the crime of disorderly conduct, the mens rea for disorderly conduct is the same for all 50 states.
2. In order to satisfy the actus reus of prostitution, sexual intercourse must be exchanged for money or other consideration.
3. One of the concerns relating to animal cruelty is that it is believed to encourage aggression toward humans.
4. The broken windows theory is based on the belief that unresolved issues relating to public indecency and quality of life crimes lead to the decay of a neighborhood.
5. Crimes against public order and morality have been criticized as punishing victimless crimes.
1. False
2. False
3. True
4. True
5. True
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a. adjudication b. equity c. probation d. jurisdiction
Hospitalization, rehabilitation, and processing in the criminal justice system are what type of social control?
a) Informal b) Positive c) Negative d) Formal
In 1928, in Olmstead v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court examined the issue of whether evidence gathered through warrantless wiretaps of home and business telephone lines was obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment. The majority of the justices found that:
a. The evidence—conversations—was heard and did not amount to a search and seizure of a physical object. b. The defendant had no reasonable expectation of privacy when transmitting information over telephone lines that he did not own. c. While the telephone lines did enter the home, the wiretaps were placed outside of his home and thus did not amount to an intrusion into the home. d. All of the above e. Only a and c
List and explain the four basic responsibilities of police. Which of the four do you believe is the most critical and why?
What will be an ideal response?