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CRIJ 103 – Introduction to Law and Justice
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Chapters 1-4
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Max Weber argued that
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Culture is
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Beliefs are
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Hammurabi was known for
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Aristotle was a famous philosopher
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Thomas Hobbes
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John Locke felt
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The idea that what we perceive with our senses are imperfect and transitory copies of
eternal realities comes from the thinking of
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Which theorist thought the social contract necessary because life in the state of
nature is “nasty, brutal, and short”?
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Which of the following is not a social institution identified by sociologists?
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The early sociological luminaries such as Marx, Durkheim, and Weber were all steeped
in what other discipline?
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Language is
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Without language
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All Western legal systems fall into which of the below categories?
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Which of the below theorists was most concerned with social solidarity?
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According to Aristotle, justice consists of
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Determining the proper punishment for a convicted offender is known as
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Sentencing guidelines attempt to
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The punitive system under which a Finnish billionaire was fined $216,000 for speeding is
the
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The evolutionary version of natural law proposes that humans are biologically
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The fallacy of confusing what is with what ought to be is known as
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The early equity courts were called
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The idea of equity is closest to the idea of
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A crime that is inherently evil is known as
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The rule of _____ has been called the most important legal principle in the world.
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The concept of the rule of law appears to have originated with
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The system of procedures holding the government to the rule of law is best articulated by
the concept of
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All the below documents except ______ are ancestors of the U.S. Bill of Rights.
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The U.S. legal system has been characterized as following the ________model, whereas
Canada’s has been characterized as following the ________model.
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Which court case discussed in this chapter best exemplifies the excesses of the crime
control model?
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Laws are created by
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The first written legal code was the
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Common law is
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The first document creating a U.S. government was called the
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The Constitution is primarily concerned with setting forth the
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The three individual rights contained in the Constitution are concerned with
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The Fourth Amendment prohibits what types of searches and seizures?
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The Fifth Amendment includes which of the following?
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The Thirteenth Amendment was intended to
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The equal protection clause
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Eminent domain is part of the
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Which of the below classifications is not a suspect or quasi-suspect classification?
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In terms of incorporating the Bill of Rights, the position maintaining that non-
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A Supreme Court ruling can be overturned by a
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A criminal protection not yet incorporated from the Bill of Rights is
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Courts provide several functions, including
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A court's jurisdiction is conferred by
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Subject matter jurisdiction involves
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Appellate jurisdiction is the
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The duties of the judicial branch are located in which article of the Constitution?
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Federal district court judges are appointed for
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The largest court of appeals circuit is the
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The rule of four refers to
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State courts of limited jurisdiction deal with
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The main purpose of the preliminary hearing is to
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The process of questioning prospective jury members is referred to as the
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An example of an indirect appeal is
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The main purpose of arraignment is for
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In a criminal trial, the prosecution rebuttal comes directly after the
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What is the main purpose of a grand jury?