What is the leading cause of death in jails?

A. suicide
B.murder by fellow detainee
C.negligent homicide committed by facility staff
D.drug overdose


A. suicide

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A. 7 B. 8 C. 4 D. 5

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Under common law, individuals of which of the following date ranges were presumed incapable of committing a crime?

a. 7 to 14 b. 15 to 17 c. 18 to 25 d. 26 to 34

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Police used a thermal imager to scan Kyllo's home, because they had information that he was growing marijuana. Officers did not have a warrant and claimed the search was in plain view. SCOTUS ruled that:

a. the use of a thermal imager did not alter the fact that the officers observed the marijuana in plain view b. the use of a thermal imager to explore details of a home that, in the past, would have been unknown without a physical intrusion is a search and is subject to Fourth Amendment requirements. c. thermal imagers are common devices and, therefore, the search was in plain view. d. the use of a thermal imager is always illegal.

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In early Greece and Rome, interpersonal violence was viewed as a private matter

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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