Advocates of abolishing plea bargaining ignore what reality of criminal courts?
a. in most cases, the participants do not substantially disagree over the facts.
b. in most cases, the defendants do not want a trial.
c. in most cases, the prosecutors are difficult to work with.
d. in most cases, the judges are difficult to work with.
A
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Describe the concept of age of onset.
What will be an ideal response?
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Treatment and rehabilitation should concentrate on static risk factors. 2. The first lesson of cognitive-behavorial therapy (CBT) is that criminals think differently than the rest of us. 3. Clinicians call factors that can be changed (such as attitudes and beliefs) holistic factors. 4. Clinicians call factors that cannot be changed (such as race and ethnicity) static factors. 5. Because of the counseling element inherent in the therapeutic community (TC) approach, life in TCs is relatively easy on inmates.
Positivism emphasizes the application of ________________ to the study of crime
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
A subset of a population of interest, such as the 18- to 25-year-olds studied in the Campus Sexual Assault survey, is considered a ______.
a. definition b. measurement c. method d. sample