Ms. Shari's Classes World History and Criminal and Civil Law

Please read and consider your answer to the questions. Based on your knowledge and the
instruction from class, please provide your best response. Always support your answers with
solid factual basis and reference of information from your learning. I want you to tell me
what you know and have learned.

• 1) Why are we so interested in crime and with those who commit crime?
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• 2) How can we truly understand the justice system of our country?
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• 3) When is an act considered to be unlawful?
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• 4) How do people become criminals?
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• 5) Does the United States Criminal Justice System deter crime?
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• 6) Law enforcement has become defensive in action instead of offensive, Why?
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• 7) How does civil law or TORTS affect our economy?
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• 8) What are the penal codes?
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• 9) What does "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" reference?
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• 10) What does "Perponderance of guilt" reference?
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• 11) How does the correctional system (jails and prisons) apply punishment?
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• 12) What are the names of the lawyers who prosecute those accused or responding to claims of wrong doing?
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• 13) What is the highest court in the land?
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• 14) What group of persons commit the most violent types of crime?
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• 15) What group of persons commit vandalism, curfew and age set laws?
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• 16) What do you want to learn from this course? Be specific
  
• 17) The death penalty or capital punishment is applied when anyone kills another human with malice.
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• 18) A sober juvenile driving, as the designated driver, can be given a minor in possession.
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• 19) There are two types of juries (Petit and Grand).
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• 20) Drug use and distribution make up the majority of criminal convictions in our justice system.
  True   False