How do members of the public view defense attorneys? How do the clients of those attorneys tend to see them?

What will be an ideal response?


Defendants perceive their attorneys often based on their relationships and not their legal skills. Defendants who were convicted and sentenced to long prison terms were the least trusting.

The public perceives defense attorneys as having knowledge that is helpful and were satisfied with services they received, especially if it was felt that there was a relationshi

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The relationship between one's occupational environment and the way one interprets events tends to create a set of emotional and behavioral characteristics referred to as a:

a. subculture. b. working personality. c. personalized working environment. d. police subculture. e. all of the above.

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

1. The belief that what goes on in the family is somehow separate from outside social forces that affect the family is referred to as the fallacy of autonomy. 2. The trend that poverty increasingly takes place within female-headed households is referred to as feminization of poverty. 3. Statistics indicate that juveniles who come from broken homes are significantly more likely to engage in crime than those who do not. 4. Delinquents are less likely to have families characterized by physical illness, mental retardation, and mental disturbance. 5. There is a positive relationship between the amount of formal schooling individuals possess and arrest rates for traditional crimes.

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Unless the legislature makes a certain conduct a crime, none has been committed

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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What test for insanity is defined as the inability to control one's conduct, even though one is aware that what they are doing is wrong?

A. substantial capacity test B. M'Naghten rule C. Durham rule D. irresistible impulse test

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