Explain the background and significance of In re Winship (1970).
What will be an ideal response?
Addresses this issue of the burden of proof in delinquency cases. At age 12,
Samuel Winship was arrested and charged as a juvenile delinquent theft. Based on a
preponderance of the evidence, Winship was found guilty. Winship appealed the court's
use of the lower "preponderance of the evidence" burden of proof and held that the
burden of proof for juvenile adjudication hearings must be beyond a reasonable doubt.
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If the laboratory can piece broken glass from a window or headlight together, then the evidence has _____ characteristics
a. Identification b. Comparative c. Individual d. Class
Blood typing is less expensive and quicker for analyzing blood evidence than DNA profiling. Since many different people share the same type, this blood evidence is considered to be:
a. individual evidence. b. class evidence. c. trace evidence. d. biological evidence.
Which of the following refers to the process of introducing or controlling for third variables (control or test factors) by subclassifying original tables?
a. Amplification b. Expansion c. Augmentation d. Elaboration
Which of the following is not a question that a life course researcher would ask?
a. How do individuals make rational choices to commit crimes? b. How do life transitions influence behavior? c. How do early childhood characteristics lead to adult behavioral processes and outcomes? d. How do offending and victimization interact over the life cycle?