Prosecutors may offer evidence of the child sexual abuse accommodation syndrome (CSAAS) in a child sexual abuse case:

a. To explain a conduct of the child that may appear to the jury as inconsistent with abuse
b. To cast doubt on the child’s credibility
c. To encourage the child to testify
d. Both a and c


a. To explain a conduct of the child that may appear to the jury as inconsistent with abuse

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. It is sometimes hard to distinguish between genocide and related types of crimes, such as human rights violations and other war crimes. 2. The United Nations defines genocide as any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group, such as (a) Killing members of the group; (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; (c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; (d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; (e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group. 3. The practice of sending American Indian children to boarding schools where they were forbidden to speak their language, practice their religion, or otherwise engage in aspects of their traditional culture can also be defined as genocide. 4. It is clear that genocide has exacted a terrible cost in human life and suffering during the twentieth century and has continued to do so in the twenty-first century, as illustrated by the genocide in the Darfur region of Rwanda.

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The communication process involves all of the following except:

a. A sender b. Feedback c. A portal d. A receiver

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A challenge for cause does not have to specify a reason that a prospective juror should be excused

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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