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Discuss how the recent occurrences in Ferguson, Missouri and New York City, in which officers killed unarmed black men, and the various protests and other events that followed, may have created controversy between individual-rights and public-order advocates.

List and define the three main elements that are required for a crime to occur.

In a society that respects and encourages diversity, all lifestyle choices are seen as acceptable.

________ is a legal principle that ensures that previous judicial decisions are considered when settling similar future cases.

Police officers may refuse to render assistance to a person with AIDS due to concerns of AIDS transmission via casual contact.

A ________ is a low-level court that focuses on quality-of-life crimes eroding neighborhood morale and is an official component of the formal criminal justice system.

The broken windows model of policing is most relevant to the service provision role of the police.

In which U.S. Supreme Court case was the Court’s authority as the final interpreter of the U.S. Constitution established?

A confession is a form of nontestimonial evidence.

What is a theory? Describe the steps in criminological theory building, and explain the role that social research plays in the development of theories about crime.