Julie Owns a Gun and Has for Several Years

question 84

Multiple Choice

Julie owns a gun and has for several years. She is arrested for possession of a firearm within the city where she lives. The day following her arrest, the city passes a law making gun ownership of any kind illegal and punishable by a year in jail for the first offense. Julie is sentenced to one year and a day in prison. ​

• A)____ is the professional and scientific discipline directed to the recognition, identification, individualization, and evaluation of physical evidence by application of the natural sciences. ​
• B)Forensic science
• C)Criminology
• D)Scientific method
• E)Theory-based inquiry

Understand the concept and principles behind lex talionis and its application in retributive justice.

Analyze the association between crime rates and levels of punishment to understand the deterrent effect.

Differentiate between past-oriented (retributive) and future-oriented (preventive) theories of punishment.

Evaluate the moral and societal justifications for punishment.

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Definitions:

Biologists

Scientists who study living organisms and their interactions with each other and their environments.

Pollen

Fine to coarse powdery substance comprising pollen grains, which are male microgametophytes of seed plants, responsible for the fertilization of the female ovule.

Self-incompatibility

A mechanism in some plants that prevents self-fertilization and promotes genetic diversity by rejecting pollen from the same or genetically similar plant.

Pollen Tube

A tube that forms from a pollen grain and grows toward the ovule to enable sperm to pass directly to an egg for fertilization in plants.