Explain what the Innocence Project is and discuss its significance.

What will be an ideal response?


The Innocence Project is an organization founded 1992 by lawyers Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld; it takes advantage of modern science to provide scientific and legal expertise for cases (most such cases are sexual assault cases) in which false convictions may have occurred.

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Real or perceived competition among practitioners or supervisors if fostered through an evaluation process can also give rise to fudging data or altering reports

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Sam has the ability to hack into other computers through the use of the Internet to obtain email addresses of everyone listed in those computers. Sam uses these email addresses to create false contact with people listed in the email data list

Through this false contact Sam is able to gain personal information from people on the list who think they are giving the information to a personal friend. This practice is known as __________________. Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Prostitution is the solicitation of or act of engaging in deviate sex

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Early varieties of ______ theories of delinquency and crime focused on lack of intelligence and/or personality disturbances as major causal factors.

A. biological B. sociological C. classical D. psychological

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