In what year was female circumcision recognized by the U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals as “persecution”?
a. 1951
b. 1975
c. 1996
d. 2005
c. 1996
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In 2013, ________ percent of all juveniles committed to institutions were males.
A. 87 B. 74 C. 52 D. 66
New Jersey Senate Bill 119, signed into law on January 18th, 2010, is most associated with:
a. capital punishment. b. medical marijuana. c. stalking laws. d. environmental crime.
Cyberterrorism is more efficient and less dangerous than more traditional forms of terrorist activity because:
a. less industrialized countries have less sophisticated IT. b. there is no need to infiltrate enemy territory. c. cyberterrorism strikes more fear in the minds and hearts of citizens. d. it involves little financial outlay to develop a plan of attack.
Which of the following is not true of Bentham’s view of criminal law and corrections?
a. the belief that criminals were somewhat childlike or unbalanced, lacking the self-discipline to control their passions by reason b. the belief that criminal law should be reformed so that it would emphasize deterrence and prevention c. the belief that capital punishment should be used even on minor offenses to deter others and to weed out “bad seeds” d. the belief that the goal of corrections was not to avenge an illegal act, but to prevent commission of such an act in the first place