Does the potential of civil liability affect how police respond to victims of crime?

What will be an ideal response?


It is an important legal tool for victims who have been injured by police officers and by others in positions of authority. Actions under Title 42 have several advantages over the intentional torts already discussed in earlier chapters. There is no research which can establish whether or not it has been effective.

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The ability to make choices and act or not act on those choices is called ______.

a. egoism b. morality c. anomie d. discretion

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Historically, juvenile courts have been systems that stress rehabilitation

a. informal b. private c. nonadversarial d. informal, private, and nonadversarial e. none of these choices

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Which one of the following statements is INCORRECT?

a. A postponement of a trial is termed a continuance. b. Once the trial court has accepted a guilty plea pursuant to a plea bargain, the court cannot unilaterally alter it without permitting the defendant the opportunity to withdraw the plea. c. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a defendant in a criminal case has a right to bail under the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution. d. The U.S. Supreme Court has held that the Sixth Amendment right to trial by jury applies to state criminal trials via the Fourteenth Amendment.

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In the case of ___________, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that juveniles must be given four due process rights in adjudication proceedings that can result in confinement in an institution where their freedom would be curtailed

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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