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| rules of conduct that proscribe or mandate certain forms of behavior |
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| One of the primary purposes of law is to maintain & preserve _____ |
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| Western democracies such as ours adhere to the rule of _____ |
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| the belief that an orderly society must be governed by established principles & codes that are applied uniformly & fairly to all of its members |
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| harm caused by acts or conditions that are legal |
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| An individual is _____x more likely to die at work due to unsafe working conditions than to be the victim of homicide |
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| analogous social harm argument: intent |
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| although the behavior of the executives does not fall in the category of premeditated murder, many actions are done with the knowledge of, or reckless disregard for, the harms that might happen |
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| analogous social harm argument: injury done |
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| face to face crime might be worse because it inflicts more terror, but the basic issue is the injury done - someone died |
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| analogous social harm argument: legitimate activity |
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| although there are some risks involved in certain jobs & certain activities, society can protect people from unnecessary & excessive risk |
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| analogous social harm argument: consent |
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| "if you don't like your job, just get another" is not as easy as it seems |
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| Anti-drug laws in America have always been about _____ tracing back to 1907 with the criminalization of opium |
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| stigmatized racial group locked into an inferior position by law & custom |
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| In the South, a series of restrictive laws known as _____ were enacted to restrict the activity of freed blacks |
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| allowed prisons to lease prisoners to work in the agricultural economy (part of the "black codes") |
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| ______ laws applied selectively to blacks ensured that the South could establish another, legal, system of forced labor & control |
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| States enacted ______ laws to force permanent segregation & second-class citizenship on African Americans & Latinos |
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| the vast expansion of the corrections system that is the direct result of the drug war & "law & order" movement that began among the urban unrest of the late 1960s |
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| Native Americans are typically prosecuted under _____ law for serious crimes committed on reservations |
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| 2 things all feminism perspectives are concerned with |
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1. oppression
2. marginalization |
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| Liberal feminists say women & girls should not receive differential treatment under the law due to the ______ perspective |
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| emphasizes the special needs of women & argues that these should be considered when implementing the law |
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| recognizes that men & women are different & that the sexes are not equally powerful |
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