Recognizing that many citizens are not aware of their constitutional rights when being interrogated by law enforcement officers, the Supreme Court's decision in Miranda v. Arizona requires the Miranda Warning, which is chiefly intended to
a. prohibit introduction into evidence of unsolicited confessions.
b. require that police interrogate multiple suspects.
c. protect subjects of interrogations from making illegally-obtained confessions.
d. guarantee that if an improper confession is admitted at trial, any resulting conviction will be reversed on appeal.
e. allow police to trick suspects into making confessions that the police would otherwise have difficulty obtaining.
A
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A) idea-generation phase of research. B) problem-definition phase of research. C) data-analysis phase of research. D) interpretation phase of research.
The rulings of the Supreme Court from the end of the nineteenth century until 1937 were based on which of the following economic theories?
A) socialism B) laissez-faire capitalism C) the welfare state D) mercantilism E) consumerism
Robert D. Kaplan described the founders of the United States as "constructive pessimists." It can be argued that this pessimism led the founding fathers to __________.
A. reject democracy B. embrace checks and balances and the divisions of power C. set democratic standards D. make rules about who gets what and how
Which of the following is a stated reason for the fact that the United States does not support the International Criminal Court?
a. The United States disapproves on principle of the violation of sovereignty inherent in international criminal human rights prosecutions. b. The United States refuses to support the treaty until China and Russia have signed on to it. c. The United States fears politically motivated prosecutions of Americans related to its overseas military engagements. d. The United States does not want to support an institution it believes cannot be effective in stopping genocide and other crimes against humanity.