This Act makes it a crime for a person who is the subject of a intimate partner abuse protective order to transport, receive or possess firearms or ammunition which have come across state or federal borders:
a. Violence Against Women Act of 1994
b. The Federal Gun Control Act of 1968
c. The Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of 1997
d. None of the above
A
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The Attorney General's Guidelines for Victim and Witness Assistance define a victim as a person that has:
a. Anyone who is under 18 years of age who has witnessed a crime. b. Any governmental employee is has suffered from a physical crime only. c. Suffered direct physical, emotional or pecuniary harm as a result of the commission of a federal crime. d. Suffered direct physical, emotional or pecuniary harm as a result of the commission of any crime
Consider that you are on a case where a child is on trial for the murder of his own father. You have a son of your own and have a very close relationship with him. You realize, though, that though you cannot understand how a child could kill his father, this case could fall under a defense of excuse. These cases typically seek to excuse acts committed by defendants who should not be held criminally responsible for their actions because they were too young or because their mental state prevented them from understanding the consequences of their actions. The law recognizes youthful age as a criminal defense under certain circumstances. Knowing what you do about the case, the defense of excuse, and your own relationship with your child, what is your opinion on how a child should be charged?
Does it depend on the seriousness of the case, or no? Why or why not? Fully explain. What will be an ideal response?
Miller (2000) recruited young women from a residential facility to participate in her research and paid them to refer other girls who were gang members. Although this is common in snowball samples, one young woman decided to cash in on the deal by initiating new young women into her gang. The ethical dilemma was
A) That the girls were underage B) That the initiation ceremony for the particular gang involved recruits to the gang being “beaten into the gang” C) That the girls didn’t realize that it was a gang initiation D) All of the above
Using deterrence as an example to society of the consequences of crime is called a. recidivism
b. rehabilitation. c. incapacitation. d. specific deterrence. e. general deterrence.