A study in Illinois found that although white and African American women show similar rates of illegal drug use during pregnancy _____________
a. black women are more likely to be reported to authorities
b. white women are more likely to be reported to authorities
c. black women are more likely to be civilly committed
d. white women are more likely to be civilly committed
a
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Which term refers to a sentence where the offender serves a term of imprisonment followed by a term of probation?
a. split sentencing b. divided sentencing c. multiple sentencing d. combined sentencing
Which Supreme Court case will best assist Wilbur’s lawyers in having the child porn charges dismissed?
Wilbur and Orville are walking home in a torrential rainstorm. About half a mile from their destination, they spot a tornado heading right for them. They quickly duck into a nearby shed to seek shelter from the storm. The storm ends up taking the roof off the shed, but Wilbur and Orville survive. It turns out that police had video cameras in place to conduct surveillance of this shed, as they believed that child pornography sales were occurring there on a regular basis. Police use this video to identify Wilbur and Orville as suspected purveyors of child porn. Over the next 3 years, police send over 500 mailings to their home address encouraging them to subscribe to a magazine depicting illicit images of children. Finally, on the 501st mailing, Wilbur subscribes. When the magazine arrives, he is arrested for possession of child porn. a. Clark v. Arizona b. Lambert v. California c. Jacobson v. United States d. Waite v. United States
_______ is a screening operation by which some cases advance and others do not
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Which of the following tasks is not offered by the author as a way investigators gather information?
A) searching crime scenes B) visiting places frequented by criminals C) conducting interviews D) retrieving criminal history information E) None of the above.