When women refuse to testify against an abuser who has been arrested, what recourse do a prosecutor and the courts have?

What will be an ideal response?


In many cities, a high percentage of female victims request that battery charges be dropped or refuse to testify against the abuser after he has been arrested. In response to this, prosecutors in many cities with vigorous prosecution philosophies are increasingly adopting a controversial policy of "no dro

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What resource has become increasingly useful in bomb detection and in searches for evidence following explosions and has been in constant demand since 9/11?

a. field deployable electronic sensors b. K-9s c. electronic "sniffers" d. robots

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Risk assessment devices are:

A) moderately reliable. B) totally unreliable. C) perfectly reliable. D) strongly reliable.

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Siegel and Welsh write that because a youth is punished in the present does not necessarily mean he or she fears future punishment. Name the reasons presented as to why punishment encourages rather than reduces delinquency. Do you agree or disagree with this idea? Explain

What will be an ideal response?

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The Lebanese Hezbollah is a

a. radical Sunni group formed in 1982 b. radical Shia group formed in 1982 c. radical Sunni group formed in 1992 d. radical Shia group formed in 1992

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