Why would a witness in a trial be granted immunity?

What will be an ideal response?


A witness in a trial would be granted immunity when they have testimony against other criminals, but would incriminate themselves.

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In the first criminological work to examine victims of crime, he stated that "The public is always the victim of crime, since crime is, by definition, an act regarded as injurious to the public" is a quote credited to:

a. Schafer b. Mendelsohn c. Fattah d. Sutherland

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The notion that there should be a strict separation between the determination of empirical facts and the value judgment of these facts as satisfactory or unsatisfactory is related to which goal of research?

A. shaping social policy B. advancing scientific knowledge C. organizing social action D. earning a degree

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One recent study revealed that genetic factors account for ______ of the variance in repeat victimization.

A. 44% B. 54% C. 64% D. 74%

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One strain of thought is that certain people are criminogenic-that is, they are born criminals.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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