The body of law that defines criminal offenses and their penalties.
What is Substantive Law.
100
What is the purpose of punishment?
What is to prevent undesired conduct. As well as to provide retribution.("An eye for an eye".)
100
The criminal law of a political jurisdiction.
What is Penal Code.
100
Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures is the fifth amendment.
What is False
100
The principle that violators will be punished or at least threatened with punishment by the state.
What is Penal Sanction.
200
The body of law that governs the way substantive laws are administered; Sometimes called adjective or remedial law.
What is Procedural Law.
200
What is the purpose of retribution?
What is making the victim "whole again" by having the offender directly or indirectly pay the victim.
200
The rights of people who suspected of or charged with crimes.
What is the Due Process Law.
200
Double jeopardy is the Fifth Amendment.
What is True.
200
An ideal characteristic of criminal law, referring to its scope. Although civil law may be general in scope, criminal law should provide strict definitions of specific acts.
What is Specificity.
300
A violation of the civil law.
What is a Tort.
300
What is the purpose of Compensation?
What is making the victim "whole again" by having the state pay for damages to the victim.
300
An ideal characteristic of criminal law: the applicability of the law to all persons, regardless of social status.
What is Regularity.
300
Speedy and a public trial is the Fourth Amendment.
What is False.
300
An ideal characteristic of criminal law, referring to its legitimate source. Only violations of rules made by the state, the political jurisdiction that enacted the laws, are crimes.
What is Practicality.
400
An ideal characteristic: The enforcement of the laws against anyone who violates them, regardless of social status.
What is Uniformity.
400
what is the purpose of Regulation?
What is controlling future conduct toward the best interests of the community.
400
A decision that forms a potential basis for deciding the outcomes of similar cases in the future; A by-product of decisions made by trial and appellate court judges, who produce case law whenever they render a decision in a particular case.
What is Precedent.
400
The right to Counsel is the Fifth Amendment.
What is False
400
Explorations or inspections, by law enforcement officers, of homes, premises, vehicles, or persons, for the purpose of discovering evidence of crimes or persons who are accused of crimes.
What is Searches.
500
One of two general types of law practiced in the United States(The other is Civil Law). A formal means of social control rules, interpreted by the courts to set limits to the conduct of the citizens, to guide the officials, and to define unacceptable behavior.
What is Criminal Law.
500
What is the purpose of Treatment(Rehabilitation)?
What is changing the offenders behavior and, perhaps, personality.
500
One of two general types of law practiced in the United States(The other being criminal law); A means of resolving conflicts between individuals. It includes personal injury claims(torts), the law of contracts and property, and subjects such as administrative law and the regulation of public utilities.
What is Civil Law.
500
No cruel and unusual punishment is the Eighth Amendment.
What is True.
500
The volcano known as Eyjafjallajokull is closest to what Icelandic city?
What is A: Reykjavik
(Considering that there is only one city in Iceland, the answer is Reykjavik.
The others answer choices are all towns/villages. If you would have asked what town or village was closer to Eyjafjallajokull, the answer would have been C: Hafnafjordhur)