Why can't the accused in a sexual assault case introduce evidence that a victim has had consensual sexual relations with someone else to show that he or she likely consented to sex with the accused?
What will be an ideal response?
Public policy balances the interests of the society as a whole. Even though that evidence may have some arguable relevance on the issue of consent, the policy of promoting the report of sex offenses and protecting victims has been declared by the lawmakers to far outweigh the minimum relevant value of the evidence to the accused.
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a. A juvenile who commits crimes impulsively, usually works with others, and is easily deterred by security devices such as alarms b. An adult who works in an organized crew and earns a good living from burglary c. A young adult who uses alcohol and drugs, lacks connections to permit dealing in stolen goods on a large scale, but is not easily deterred by security devices.
The major explanation for the "crime dip" in the eighties was increase in police efficiency
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
?Also referred to as criminal investigation analysis, this form of profiling is based upon the FBI model developed by their Behavioral Science Unit. Psychosocial data are compared to other similar cases and investigators engage in an experiential/informational guessing technique to reconstruct the offenders' personality.
A. ?offender profiling
B. ?geographic profiling
C. ?equivocal death profiling
D. ?crime scene profiling
The story of Rosa Parks is an example of _____
a. corporate crime b. civil disobedience c. state violence d. vigilante terrorism