As a lead prosecuting attorney, your focus on a day-to-day basis is substantive criminal law; however, you must also have a grasp and full understanding of procedural criminal law. How would you distinguish between the two?

What will be an ideal response?


Answers will vary.

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The crime scene investigator needs to be alert for the presence of trace evidence on recovered weapons

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Which of the following rights has not been incorporated?

a. The First Amendment right to freedom of speech b. The Fourth Amendment protection from unreasonable searches and seizures c. The Sixth Amendment right to an attorney d. The Eighth Amendment right to freedom from excessive bail

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According to direct association, social forces play a secondary role in the production of deviant behaviors; what then produces delinquency according to this concept?

What will be an ideal response?

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Which of the following seeks to avoid the consequences of formal processing?

a. Waiver b. Adjudication c. Diversion d. Intermediate sanctions

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