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Criminal Justice Midterm
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Which of the following is the name of the volunteer associations in early British history whose contributions went toward aprehesions of criminal offenders? Question 2
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In the eighteenth century B.C., the Babylonian Empire had adopted an extensive legal code that contained some 282 regulation and it was called:

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The mechanism utilzed by the U.S. government to prevent any one branch of governement (Exective, Legislative and Judicial) from becoming too powerful is called:

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Many people of history lived in limited geographocal colonies that were independent, close-knit entities called: Question 5
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In the 1850's the security personnel providing protections for the American Express Company were known as " shotgun riders".

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What type of model of policing that has evolved in the U.S. is where there is no " national police force" and many local and state agencies? Question 7
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"Jim Crow" laws originated in the Southern states as means of segregating the races, but they soon became popular in the Northern states as well

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The U.S government structure is tyically described as a(n):

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A society’s formal attempt to obtain compliance with the established rules, regulations, and law of that society is called: Question 10
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The primary policing function in the U.S. is to :

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Article IV of the U.S. Constitution that states the individuals states shall not make any laws that ar contrary to those laws outlined by the U.S. Constitution is called: Question 12
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Which of these is considered to be a formal mechanism for social control?

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The system of government founded on the principle of " the rule of the

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