Research suggests that expert testimony would be most influential in which situation?

A. expert testimony regarding whether or not to civilly commit a sex offender at the posttrial stage
B. expert testimony about a defendant’s competence to be executed at the sentencing stage
C. expert testimony concerning which parent should be given custody at the trial stage
D. expert testimony pertaining to the dangerousness of a defendant at the pretrial stage


D. expert testimony pertaining to the dangerousness of a defendant at the pretrial stage

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Many police officers suffer from this psychological condition resulting from personal frustration and inadequate coping skills. In police culture, this is sometimes mistaken as an attitude problem

a. Cynicism b. Burnout c. Motivation d. Hopelessness

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The Supreme Court ruled that the viewing of exposed opposite-sex inmates is ______.

a. unconstitutional due to privacy rights b. constitutional when reasonably related to legitimate penal interests c. unconstitutional due to double standards d. constitutional due to equal opportunity in employment

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In terms of scope and scale, this commercial sector reports the largest financial losses to piracy at $52.24 billion according to 2016 data.

a. music industry b. book publishing c. motion pictures d. computer software

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The form of intent that can be assumed from the defendant's behavior is ________

A) general intent B) specific intent C) transferred intent D) scienter

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