While not a legal requirement per se, rape victims must often prove that they have good character and did not give voluntary consent to their attackers. Why do you think this is true of rape victims, but not of victims of any other crime?

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The privatization of prisons began in the early 1960s

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Protections that were established by a combination of statutes, judicial decisions, and/or jury instructions may only be invoked during criminal trials in all of the following states except?

a. Oregon b. Kansas c. Illinois d. New Mexico

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Each state in the United States is its own RISS region

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A "child" in the state of Texas is any person

a. under 17 years old. b. 15 years old but not 17 years old. c. 10 years old but not 17 years old. d. 7 years old but not 16 years old. e. under 14 years old.

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