The use of social science to study the extent to which a legal rule or practice promotes the psychological and physical well-being of people it affects is
What will be an ideal response?
Therapeutic jurisprudence
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What was the Wickersham Commission?
A) A commission appointed by President Hoover to investigate crime during the Great Depression B) A commission appointed by President Johnson to investigate the Watergate scandal C) A commission appointed by President Kennedy to investigate the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. D) A commission appointed by President Hoover to investigate operations and problems of the criminal justice system
Joanne is hosting a New Year's Eve party at home for 300 of her closest friends. The caterer employs Charles to work as a waiter at the party
Unknown to the caterer, Charles is Joanne's former live-in boyfriend whom Joanne threw out of the house a month earlier. At the time, Joanne told Charles, "Get out and stay out. I never want to see you again!" At the party, Charles dresses in a disguise so Joanne will not recognize him. While the party is going on, Charles decides to embarrass Joanne. Every time he observes an unattended purse, he takes the contents out and places the contents under Joanne's bed. The next day many of Joanne's friends telephone her, angry at the prank. After much searching, Joanne finds the friends' property and manages to get everyone and her respective property reunited. Charles has committed: A) burglary since Joanne would not have allowed him to enter the house if he had not been wearing a disguise. B) criminal trespass because he entered the home using deception to obtain consent to enter the premises. C) theft since he took the property out of the purses without permission. D) none of the above because the incident was intended as a joke.
The firing squad is an accepted form of execution in which of the following states?
a. California b. Texas c. Missouri d. Oklahoma
Aftercare is transitional assistance to juveniles and is the equivalent to adult parole to help youths adjust to community life
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false