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Enforcement of the Clean Air Act may be delegated to the ________.

Although _________ was not a crime at common law, statutes proscribing it have been part of the laws directed against public immorality since the early history of the United States.

In making factual determinations of whether an injury constitutes a “serious” or “great” bodily injury, courts consider __________________.

Inchoate offenses are designed ______________________________ .

Most white-collar crimes prosecuted in federal court are violations of statutes enacted under Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, which grants Congress power to regulate ________.

States have commonly enacted statutes making it unlawful to carry a __________ weapon.

The Model Penal Code rejects the common-law terms for intent. Instead, it proposes four states of mind: purposeful; knowing; reckless; and ___________.

In an attempt to combat juvenile crime and protect children by keeping them off the streets at night, many communities have enacted _________ ordinances.

In the United States, the responsibility for maintaining public order and peace rests primarily with ______________.

A person has ____________ possession of contraband if he or she has ownership, dominion, or control over the contraband itself, or over the premises in which it is concealed.