Some defendants are detained because they cannot make bail. If a defendant is denied bail because of the danger he or she poses to society, the detention is termed:
a. anticipatory detention.
b. preemptive detention.
c. protective detention.
d. preventive detention.
d
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Discuss the class of offenses known as obstructing justice. Assume these offenses fall into two general categories and each category has similar impact on the administration of justice. What are your two categories and why?
What will be an ideal response?
Officer Colbert responds to a noise complaint from neighbors near a local community swimming pool. Though the pool closes at 6 PM, Officer Colbert discovers that there are three teenage boys swimming in the pool at 8 PM. There is also a hole in the fence surrounding the pool. As Officer Colbert approaches the three swimmers, he asks them to get out of the pool and produce identification. Each teenager complies, and one of them states that they entered through the open hole in the fence and were just cooling off. The officer asks dispatch to contact the community association, and it is confirmed that the hole in the fence was already there and should have been patched. The community association just wants the boys to leave the pool and stay off the property. Officer Colbert's police
department has a policy that patrol officers may use their discretion in handling juvenile complaints. Using the qualities of an officer and use of discretion, what are the options available to Officer Colbert? What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following judicial alternatives is reserved for youths who have committed serious crimes?
A) institutionalization in a mental hospital B) state or private training school C) community-based residential program D) day-treatment program
The "prior valid intrusion" requirement of the plain view doctrine means that _____
a. the suspect did not intrude into anyone else's reasonable expectation of privacy b. the officer did not violate the Fourth Amendment in arriving at the place from which he could perceive the evidence c. the officer did not intrude into anyone's reasonable expectation of privacy d. the suspect intruded into the victim's privacy thus justifying the officer's intrusion into the suspect's privacy