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.
Answer: c
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following rules: A) bring maximum pressure on states that sponsor terrorism B) do not make deals with terrorists and treat terrorists as criminals C) hunt terrorists down with every resource available D) A and B
The first prison exclusively for women in the United States was opened in ______.
a. 1839 b. 1868 c. 1897 d. 1917
__________ theory has been criticized for lacking comprehensive explanatory power
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Officers who are unlikely to learn from their mistakes or change their style of policing and tend to be the subject of a disproportionate number of citizen complaints are known as ______.
a. mistaken apples b. dysfunctional apples c. borderline apples d. rotten apples