The Model Penal Code sets forth:
a. case law decisions.
b. general principles of criminal responsibility.
c. administrative laws and rules.
d. common law.
b
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In his book, The Lucifer Effect, psychologist Phillip Zimbardo suggests that the abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison were the result of a bad social setting that contaminated the individual prison guard. What would Kant say about the difficulty of ethical conduct in the face of situation pressure to be unethical?
a. Unethical behavior is a natural result of peer pressure. b. Ethical people endure, despite the situation, since they follow specific rules. c. If the guards were better instructed by their leaders, this would not have happened. d. It is better to conform that to risk retaliation at the hands of supervisors.
As interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States, abandoned property, such as trash placed at the curb, shows that the owner
A) carries an expectation of privacy from everyone except from the trash pick up person. B) carries an Fourth Amendment expectation of privacy in the original owner which cannot be defeated by police activity. C) still carries an expectation of privacy since the person abandoning the property still expects that only the trash people will look through it. D) no longer has any desire to assert ownership or assert any expectation of privacy in the property. E) none of the above statements is a correct response.
Which event following the Civil War produced fundamental changes in the structure of the American judiciary?
A. decreases in population B. rapid industrialization C. lower volumes of litigation D. decreases in urban populations
Which is not a reason for a speedy trial?
A) ?To ensure that witnesses are available to testify as soon as possible B) ?Because it is guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution C) ?To avoid delays that may inhibit the defendant's ability to defend himself or herself D) ?To avoid lengthy pretrial detentions E) ?To ensure justice is not delayed.