CRIM 467 - EXAM 1 ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND

CRIM 467 - EXAM 1 (ACTUAL / ) QUESTIONS AND

VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS (100% PASS)

Legislation the deliberate creation of legal precepts by a body of government that gives articulate expression to such legal precepts in a formalized legal document

Moral Entrepreneur Theory a theory of lawmaking that attributes the precipitation of law and other key events to the efforts of enterprising individuals or groups

Rationalistic Model a theory of lawmaking that proposes that laws, particularly criminal laws are created as rational means of protecting the members of society from social harm

Social Movement A type of collective behavior whereby a group of individuals organizes to promote certain changes or alterations to promote certain changes or alterations in certain types of behavior or procedures

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Definition of Law Law is the prophecies of what courts will do

Max Weber's definition of law Law is an order that 'is externally guaranteed by the probability that coercion (physical or psychological) to bring about conformity or avenge violation, will be applied by a staff of people holding themselves especially ready for that purpose (An order that is externally backed by physical or psychological coercion applied by a staff of people in order to bring about its compliance or avenge violation)

Donald Black's definition of law Law is governmental social control

Positive law Humanmade law (constitutions, statutes, court opinions, etc.)

De jure "by law"; law on the books

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