Chapter 7 Criminal Law and Cyber Crime N.B.: TYPE indicates that a question is new‚ modified‚ or unchanged‚ as follows. N A question new to this edition of the Test Bank. + A question modified from the previous edition of the Test Bank. = A question included in the previous edition of the Test Bank. true/false questions 1. In a criminal case‚ the state must prove its case by a preponderance of the evidence. answer: F PAGES: Section 1 TYPE: N BUSPROG: Reflective AICPA: BB-Legal 2
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suspected with numerous amounts of crimes. For example‚ Clyde was suspected to have killed two police officers and kidnapping a man and women in Louisiana. He released them near Waldo‚ Texas. Clyde also murdered a man in Hillsboro‚ Texas‚ committed robberies at Lufkin and Dallas Texas‚ murdered a sheriff and wounded another at Stringtown in Oklahoma‚ and many others. The list could go on and on. After some time‚ they started traveling with a gunman‚ Raymond Hamilton. He left several months later and
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In The Other Wes Moore two boys shared the same name‚ lived in single parent homes‚ lost their fathers and only lived a few blocks away from each other in Baltimore. Despite these similarities‚ they made very different choices‚ which impacted their life outcomes. The choices made by Wes 1 and Wes 2in the book The Other Wes Moore impacted their life outcomes. Wes 1 and Wes 2 made many similar choices such as selling drugs‚ slacking in school and being involved in criminal activity. The major difference
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Chapter 10 Causes of Violence Personal traits Ineffective families Evolutionary factors/Human instinct Exposure to violence Substance abuse Firearm availability Cultural values National values Checkpoints There are a number of suspected causes of violence. Some violent criminals have personal traits that make them violence-prone‚ including mental impairments‚ and intellectual dysfunction. Victims of severe child abuse and neglect may become violence-prone
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In the novel "A Lesson Before Dying" by Ernest J. Gaines the main character Jefferson was wrongfully accused of being an accessory to murder and for robbery. The author started the story off with Jefferson’s trial verdict and with no specific names because he wanted to give an run through of the novel and emphasize the importance of the trial. During the trial Jefferson- the young‚ black‚ African American man faces racism. Jefferson had got an ride from two of his friends. They had stopped to an
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In order to identify the suspect in the robbery‚ the first thing that I would do is ask the victims and/or the witnesses what they know and saw. After I ask the question and get answers back. Then finding out that one of the suspects was apprehend‚ then I would walk the victim and witness over to the police car and let them tell me if that’s the person that they saw without letting the person see their faces. With the information from that it will give reasons to search the car and the property of
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Alcatraz Island and Prison Alcatraz Island‚ also infamously known as “The Rock”‚ is located in the San Francisco Bay 1.5 miles offshore from San Francisco‚ Ca. It stands 121 feet above sea level and spans approximately 22 acres. The Spanish Lieutenant Juan Manuel de Ayala named Alcatraz Island for sea birds; he was reported to be the first known European to sail through the Golden Gate in 1775. It was named “La Isla de los Alcatraces” meaning the Island of the Pelicans. It later became home
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation tracks four offenses murder‚ forcible rape‚ robbery‚ and aggravated assault in its Violent Crime Index. The juvenile arrest rate for each of these offenses has been declining steadily since the mid-1990s. The murder rate fell 70% from its 1993 peak through 2001 (Snyder‚ 2003). Statistics: Research has shown that crimes committed by juveniles are more likely to be cleared by law enforcement than crimes committed by adults. The clearance data in the Crime in the
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CheckPoint: Causation of Crime Life Course Theories – criminologist believe that lying‚ stealing bullying and other conduct problems that occur in childhood are the strongest predictors of future criminal behavior and have been seriously undervalued in the examination of why crime occurs. Criminologist Michael Gottfredson and Travis Hirshchi believe that criminal behavior is linked to low self-control‚ they have also indicated that once negative behavior patterns have been established‚ they cannot
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issue for the movie industry‚ with unauthorized copies of current theatrical‚ television and DVD releases sold to consumers‚ only some of whom know what they’re actually buying. What does piracy really means? Piracy is typically an act of robbery or criminal violence at sea. The term can include acts committed on land‚ in the air‚ or in other major bodies of water or on a shore. It does not normally include crimes committed against persons traveling on the same vessel as the perpetrator (e
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