When the cycle of violence is accompanied by learned helplessness, it may be termed _____

a. PTSD
b. failed reconciliation
c. unnatural severity
d. battered-woman syndrome


D

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The essential point of Justice Blackmun's dissent in Arizona v. Youngblood (1988), arguing that the state's non-intentional failure to preserve semen evidence in a sexual assault case should be a due process violation,

is that such evidence is _________________________ _________________. Fill in the blank with correct word.

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A type of correctional officer, the "_________ ________," are actually an extreme version of the rule enforcers and are also more likely to be________

Fill in the blanks with correct word

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The U.S. prison population is ______.

A. around 1 million B. around 1.5 million C. around 1 billion D. around 1.5 billion

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In Graham v. O'Connor (1989), involving the arrest of a diabetic who was suffering from an insulin reaction, the Supreme Court held that claims of excessive force in the course of making an arrest are to be analyzed under:

a. a substantive due process standard. b. the Fourth Amendment's "objective reasonableness" standard. c. a "malicious and sadistic" standard. d. a subjective standard that focuses on the intentions of the officer making the arrest.

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