______ is when the offender is sentenced to a specific term.
a. Determinate sentencing
b. Indeterminate sentencing
c. Retributive sentencing
d. Mandatory sentencing
a. Determinate sentencing
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Traditionally, legal systems, including the Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Hebrew, and Hindu were based on political beliefs
a. True b. False
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The Victims of Crime Act established the Crime Victims Fund in 1984. 2. Megan’s Law, established in 1989, requires community notification in cases of convicted sex offenders. 3. By law, colleges and universities are required to disclose statistics about campus crime. 4. The Crime Victims’ Rights Act of 2004 provides victims with legal rights for federal criminal cases such as the right to be reasonably protected from the accused. 5. Victims have the right to be reasonably heard at any public proceeding in the district court involving release, plea, sentencing, or any parole proceeding.
It is evident that policy makers support social process theories, as there ________.
a. is support for tougher drug laws b. is support for increasing the use of prison sentences c. are many diversion programs d. is little support for labeling criminals
Which of the following statement best describes the emergency-aid doctrine?
a. The doctrine authorizes the warrantless entry into a home to provide emergency assistance to an injured occupant or to protect an occupant from imminent harm. b. The test is whether the circumstances, when viewed objectively, justify the warrantless entry to render emergency assistance. c. The test is whether the circumstances, when viewed subjectively, justify the warrantless entry to render emergency assistance. d. Both a and b