The U.S. Supreme Court has stated that someone acts under when he or she acts in an official capacity

A) Legal authority
B) Judicial order
C) Color of law
D) None of the above


C

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The first critical step in crime scene investigation is securing and isolating the crime scene

a. True b. False

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________ are used to determine where data starts and ends when graphic files are

located in unallocated or slack space. Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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In the context of justification defenses, which of the following statements best defines the term duty to retreat?

A. It is a defense against criminal liability in which the defendant asserts that circumstances required her or him to commit an illegal act. B. It is the requirement that a person claiming self-defense prove that she or he first took reasonable steps to avoid the conflict that resulted in the use of deadly force. C. It is a defense for criminal liability in which the defendant claims that the taking of intoxicants rendered her or him unable to form the requisite intent to commit a criminal act. D. It is proof that a suspect was somewhere other than the scene of the crime at the time of the crime, typically offered to demonstrate that the suspect was not guilty of the crime.

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Feminist scholars see rape and battering as inevitable consequences of _____, or male dominance

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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