Victim blaming is especially painful for victims of rape.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


True

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Which term refers to supervision by a juvenile probation officer without court adjudication?

a. informal probation b. legal function c. parens patriae d. none of the above

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John is tried for murdering his wife Marsha. A jury finds him not guilty. A year later police uncover new evidence that conclusively establishes John's guilt. Which of the following is a correct statement about this case?

A) John may be prosecuted and convicted of the murder since new evidence is available. B) John may be retried for the murder of Marsha if the prosecutor can establish that John was responsible for initially hiding the new evidence from the police. C) John may not be retried for the murder of Marsha but may be retried for manslaughter, a lesser included offense of murder. D) John may not be retried for the murder of Marsha because of the Constitutional prohibition against double jeopardy.

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When it comes to police discretion, which one of the following statements is associated with departmental policy?

a. The less serious a crime is to the public, the more freedom officers have to use discretion. b. Police discretion is dependent upon the relationship between the alleged criminal and the victim. c. A polite complainant will be taken more seriously than a hostile one. d. Departmental policy recognizes that some officers are more likely to investigate criminal activity than others. e. Police administrators can set priorities and dictate changes that have enormous consequences on an officer's use of discretion.

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A problem associated with investigating fires involving explosives is

a. they are usually accidents. b. they are usually caused by nature. c. they are usually caused by a criminal agency. d. the explosion usually destroys most of the physical evidence at the bombing scene.

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