What are the ways in which an appellate court can handle a case that has been appealed?
What will be an ideal response?
The appellate court can affirm the verdict of the lower court and let it stand; modify the verdict of the lower court, without totally reversing it; reverse the verdict of the lower court, which requires no further court action; reverse the decision and remand, or return, the case to the court of original jurisdiction for either a retrial or resentencing.
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In the consideration of present dangerousness, what factors must be present?
A) Danger must be immediate B) The suspect must have a weapon C) The weapon must be capable of inflicting serious harm or death D) All of the above
Actual disaster response by federal agencies to acts of terrorism is divided into two distinct responsibilities
crisis management and: a. secondary responder management b. preventative management c. aftermath management d. consequence management
Define self-control according to Gottfredson and Hirschi.
What will be an ideal response?
Perception-related factors identified by psychologists to explain misidentifications include all of the following, except:
a. Crime factors b. Victim factors c. Location factors d. Offender factors