Explain the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act and what it provides victims.
What will be an ideal response?
First, it created a national domestic violence hotline. When calling the hotline, persons can receive referrals to services for family violence throughout the United States and territories. Second, it provides direct services to victim and their families, mainly through grant funding to states, territories, and tribes, which then distribute funds to domestic violence service providers and organizations. Third, it funds domestic violence prevention through the Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancement and Leadership Through Allies (DELTA). During the fiscal year 2014, the FVPSA was funded at $143.2 million (Fernandes-Alcantara, 2014).
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The U.S. Court has defined probable cause as more than bare suspicion
What will be an ideal response?
According to the Law in Society section, the following factors are reasons why jury trials do not stop wrongful convictions, EXCEPT
A. Police reports often omit evidence that favors the defendant B. Defendants have limited resources to investigate cases B. Jurors are biased toward conviction D. Jurors are gullible
Critics of the Three Strikes law argue that it is too expensive
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
How have AQIM's goals changed over time?
a. Initially they wanted to create an Islamic state, replacing the sovereign state of Egypt; later they targeted Egyptian security officials, Coptic Christians, and any Egyptians opposed to the fundamentalist view of Islam. b. First they targeted the nearby governments, in order to unify a Palestinian Islamist state, and then they decided to target the United States and Israel, among other nations. c. They have always had the goal of overthrowing the Algerian government and replacing it with an Islamic state. d. Originally, they concentrated mostly on Algerian targets in its effort to create an Islamic caliphate, but when it merged with Al-Queda, it turned to Western targets as well.