The U.S. Supreme Court has held that different actors in the criminal justice system enjoy different levels of immunity from § 1983 suits. What are these levels of immunity? Give two examples of each. Explain why the Court has granted these immunities and why the Court has created two levels of immunity instead of one.
What will be an ideal response?
Absolute immunity and qualified immunity
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Social Strain theorist Robert Merton hypothesized that organized crime was:
A) ?the result of sociopathic opportunism. B) ?adaptive innovation by educationally and financially disadvantaged elements. C) ?a normal response to pressures exerted on certain persons by the social structure. D) ?an abnormal response to peer pressure exerted by one's own ethnic group.
What is the third degree?
A) when a suspect is hogtied and doused with pepper spray B) when a suspect is has force used upon him/her prior to questioning C) when a suspect is subjected to any verbal or psychological abuse D) when a suspect is assailed with psychological pressure and physical force
Over time, the Diamonds gang of Puerto Rican youths in Chicago studied by Felix Padilla:
a. changed from a fighting gang to a business enterprise. b. formed an alliance with a local Mafia family. c. changed from a business enterprise to a fighting gang. d. broke up when its members were arrested for drug dealing.
What is habeas corpus and to whom is it usually directed?
What will be an ideal response?