Which of the following would be an example of the nationalization of the Bill of Rights?

A. allowing local police to conduct searches without first obtaining search warrants
B. limiting the right to counsel at trial
C. allowing defendants to “Take the Fifth” rather than be forced to make self-incriminatory statements at trial
D. a court ruling that the Eight Amendment protections against cruel and unusual punishment do not apply at the state level


C. allowing defendants to “Take the Fifth” rather than be forced to make self-incriminatory statements at trial

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______ in corrections occurs when services or whole correctional institutions are provided or operated by private businesses or corporations.

A. Privatization B. Corrections industrial complex C. Penal harm D. Penal Help

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A defendant who can distinguish right from wrong, but who is still unable to control his actions because of a mental disease would use the ______.

a. M’Naghten standard b. Durham test c. Brawner rule d. Irresistible impulse test

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The ingredients of an arrest include all of the following except ________.

A. force B. authority C. intention D. custody

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The unit about which information is gathered and forms the basis for analysis is known as a ____

a. sampling element b. unit of observation c. sampling frame d. sample

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