Which of the following statements about the death penalty is TRUE?
a. The Supreme Court has decided the death penalty is cruel and unusual.
b. The death penalty can be imposed in petty cases, such as those involving theft, provided there are aggravating circumstances.
c. The death penalty is covered in the Fourth Amendment.
d. The Court has agreed with public sentiment about the death penalty.
e. The death penalty is constitutional.
e
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Drug use tends to peak between the ages of ______, before dropping off sharply.
A. 12–14 B. 18–20 C. 22–24 D. 28–30
According to Lombroso, criminoloids differ from born criminals only in degree
a. True b. False
A researcher has a sample of people who participated in a drug court program. He wants to find out whether drug courts reduce recidivism, so for each person in the drug court sample, he finds someone who was also arrested for a drug offense and who is similar to that person on key characteristics (such as age, race, gender) but who was sentenced to prison instead of to drug court monitoring. Which of the following t tests would the researcher use to analyze the data?
A. matched-pairs B. repeated measures C. independent groups D. sampling distribution