According to the late Professor Inbau, which of the following statements does not illustrate the importance of confessions?

a. Many criminal cases can be solved only through confessions or through information obtained from other individuals
b. Police are forced to rely on confessions because jurors place a great deal of importance on a confession in their determination of guilt.
c. Suspects often will not admit their guilt unless subjected to lengthy interrogations by the police.
d. Successful police questioning requires sophisticated interrogation techniques that may be considered trickery or manipulation in ordinary police interactions with the public.


b. Police are forced to rely on confessions because jurors place a great deal of importance on a confession in their determination of guilt.

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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a. Standards b. Guidelines c. Regulations d. Code of ethics

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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English police officers are known as bobbies because:

a. their heads often bobbed up and down as they rode the streets of London on horses. b. Sir Robert (Bobbie) Peel was responsible for their creation. c. an inordinately large number of the original London metropolitan police force was named Bobbie. d. they are trained to bob their head whenever a member of the royal family came into view.

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