The Speedy Trial Act of 1974 (amended in 1979) allows how many days from indictment to trial?

a. 20 c. 50
b. 30 d. 70


D

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The police "Code of Silence" is an extreme version of a phenomenon that exists in many human groups

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Interrupted time-series design is/are _________________

a. an effect of two independent variables operating simultaneously and in combination on a dependent variable. It is a larger effect than occurs from the sum of each independent variable working separately b. experimental designs that lack random assignment or use shortcuts and are much weaker than the classical experimental design. They can be substituted in situations in which an experimenter cannot use all the features of a classical experimental design, but have weaker internal validity c. an experimental design with only an experimental group and a posttest, no pretest. d. pre-experimental design that has one group, a pretest, treatment, and a posttest. It lacks a control group and random assignment e. an experimental design in which the dependent variable is measured periodically across many time points, and the treatment occurs in the midst of such measures, often only once

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Although morally questionable, it is legal for law enforcement officers to directly inform a criminal suspect during an interrogation that there is an eyewitness to the crime, even when no such eyewitness exists

a. True b. False

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The Pennsylvania system in corrections was the first to take the radical step of:

A. assigning solitary confinement as punishment. B. creating dormitory-type spaces for inmates to stay. C. placing each inmate in a single cell. D. placing inmates in prerelease work programs.

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