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A _____ gives the rights of survivorship to the other owner of a property.

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Correct Answer: Joint Tenancy

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_____ is crimes committed by wealthy or powerful individuals in the course of their professions or occupations.

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Correct Answer: White-Collar Crime

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Is uniform Crime Reports published annually by the FBI, each report describes the nature of crime as reported by law enforcement agencies; includes analyses of Part I crimes?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as the body of law that spells out the elements of criminal acts.

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Correct Answer: Substantive Law

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_____ is defined as latin for “to stand by a decision”—a doctrine referring to court precedent, whereby lower courts must follow (and render the same) decisions of higher courts when the same legal issues and questions come before them, thereby not disturbing settled points of law.

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Correct Answer: Stare Decisis

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_____ is the standard used by jurors to arrive at a verdict—whether or not the government (prosecutor) has established guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

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Correct Answer: Reasonable Doubt

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Is public Order Crimes offenses that violate a society’s shared norms?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as rules that set forth how substantive laws are to be enforced, such as those covering arrest, search, and seizure.

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Correct Answer: Procedural Law

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_____ is defined as the party bringing a lawsuit or initiating a legal action against someone else.

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Correct Answer: Plaintiff

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_____ is crimes committed by members of illegal organizations.

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Correct Answer: Organized Crime

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Is national Incident-Based Reporting System a crime reporting system in which police describe each offense that occurs during a crime event as well as characteristics of the offender?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as a random survey of U.S. households that measures crimes committed against victims; includes crimes not reported to police.

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Correct Answer: National Crime Victimization Survey

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_____ is defined as the reason for committing a crime.

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Correct Answer: Motive

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_____ is a lesser offense, typically punishable by a fine or up to one year in a local jail.

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Correct Answer: Misdemeanor

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Is mens Rea latin for “guilty mind”—the purposeful intention to commit a criminal act.?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as latin for “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth”; retaliation or revenge that dates back to the Bible and the Middle Ages.

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Correct Answer: Lex Talionis

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_____ is defined as the authority to make legal decisions and judgments, often based on geographic area (territory) or the type of case in question.

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Correct Answer: Legal Jurisdiction

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_____ is a purposeful act or state of mind to commit a crime.

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Correct Answer: Intent, Specific

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Is hierarchy Rule in the FBI Uniform Crime Reports reporting scheme, the practice whereby only the most serious offense of several that are committed during a criminal act is reported by the police?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as the legal doctrine that says that, if a death occurs during the commission of a felony, the perpetrator of the crime may be charged with murder in the first degree, regardless of the absence of intent, premeditation and deliberation, or malice aforethought.

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Correct Answer: Felony-Murder Rule

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_____ is defined as a serious offense with a possible sentence of more than a year in prison.

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Correct Answer: Felony

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_____ is a type of government that divides powers between a national (federal) government and governments of smaller geographic territories, including states, counties, and cities.

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Correct Answer: Federalism

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Is defendant a person against whom a criminal charge is pending; one charged with a crime?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as the body of law that defines criminal offenses and prescribes punishments for their infractions.

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Correct Answer: Criminal Law

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_____ is defined as crimes during which no violence is perpetrated against a person, such as burglary, theft, and arson.

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Correct Answer: Crimes Against Property

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_____ is violent crimes, to include homicide, sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault.

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Correct Answer: Crimes Against Persons

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Is crime Rate the number of reported crimes divided by the population of the jurisdiction, and multiplied by 100,000 persons; developed and used by the FBI Uniform Crime Reports?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as a generic term for all noncriminal law, usually related to settling disputes between private citizens, governmental, and/or business entities.

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Correct Answer: Civil Law

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_____ is defined as the requirement that the state must meet to introduce evidence or establish facts.

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Correct Answer: Burden Of Proof

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_____ is latin for “guilty deed”—an act that accompanies one’s intent to commit a crime, such as pulling out a knife and then stabbing someone.

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Correct Answer: Actus Reus

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The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) obtains data from all legal citizens.

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Correct Answer: False

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Workplace laws promulgated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) are considered ______.

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Correct Answer: Administrative law

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Which of the following laid the groundwork for the stare decisis doctrine?

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Correct Answer: Creation of a body of traveling professional judges

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In a criminal case, the prosecutor must prove mens rea and which other element beyond a reasonable doubt?

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Correct Answer: Actus reus

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Which governing body typically enacts codes or ordinances?

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Correct Answer: County board

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Which of the following cases would require proof by a preponderance of the evidence?

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Correct Answer: A man bringing suit against a person who damaged his car

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Jonathan has been sentenced to life in prison for the crime he committed. He committed a ______.

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Correct Answer: Felony

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Factors such as population density and degree of urbanization are also known to affect the volume and type of crime.

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Correct Answer: True

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Which amendment states that officers must give Miranda the warning before a suspect is interrogated while in custody?

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Correct Answer: Fifth

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Which of the following would be an expected punishment for a misdemeanor offense?

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Correct Answer: 2-month incarceration in a local prison

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Stating that the laws of the United States are based on common law means which of the following?

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Correct Answer: U.S. laws are based on collections of rules, customs, and traditions of medieval England.

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Which of the following describes substantive law?

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Correct Answer: The body of law that spells out the elements of criminal actions

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Both the Uniform Crime Reports and the National Incident Based Reporting System apply the hierarchy rule.

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Correct Answer: False

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Which of the following is the category of law that establishes all of the mechanisms for processing cases through the criminal justice system?

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Correct Answer: Procedural law

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Which of the following is associated with civil court cases?

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Correct Answer: The proceedings are disputes between two individuals.

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