In most states, once a person threatening suicide has been de-escalated and placed in custody by the responding officer, the next step is to do a ___________

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


Answer: Involuntary commitment

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The greater the number of diverse, converging measures on a phenomenon, the greater will be the confidence in the validity of the measure

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The term used to describe actions by judges that influence the plea bargaining process is judicial __________________

Fill in the blank with correct word.

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In their landmark study of the American jury, which was based on questionnaires filled out by judges about jury trials over which they had presided, Kalven and Zeisel concluded that in MOST jury trials:

a. the judge would have been less likely than the jury to convict the defendant. b. the judge would have been more likely than the jury to convict the defendant. c. the judge would have reached the same verdict that the jury did.

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Of the following, which is an area with general agreement among all groups?

a. Crime seriousness b. Perceptions of criminal injustice c. Views about crime spending d. Punitiveness

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