The sentiment that the state is the ultimate parent of a child and has the authority to step in when a biological parent is unwilling or unable to sufficiently care for the child is known as habeas corpus

a. true
b. false


b. false

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SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Components of the Get-Tough Era included ______.

A. eliminating plea bargaining B. decreasing prison population C. stiffening sentencing penalties D. making parole harder to achieve

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"_____________" is the process which records transactions of evidence from person to person since its acquisition by a law enforcement agency; it maintains exactly what happened to evidence from the time it was found until presented in court.

A. Hapeas Corpus B. Chain of Custody C. Modus Operandi D. Rule of Evidence

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Direct evidence is evidence that proves a fact _____

a. without the need of inferences or presumptions b. by the drawing of inferences c. by the use of inductive or deductive reasoning d. by judicial notice

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Quota sampling is ___________________

a. a nonrandom sample in which the researcher begins with one case, and then, based on information about interrelationships from that case, identifies other cases, and repeats the process again and again b. a sample in which the sampling elements are selected using something other than a mathematically random process c. a nonrandom sample in which the researcher first identifies general categories into which cases or people will be selected, and then he or she selects cases to reach a predetermined number of cases in each category d. a nonrandom sample in which the researcher selects anyone he or she happens to come across e. a nonrandom sample in which the researcher uses a wide range of methods to locate all possible cases of a highly specific and difficult-to-reach population

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