You are currently working at a corporate law firm and you have been having issues with a client who is being charged with the crime of arson. The client is very upset with you and calls you one day threating you and stating that she has placed a bomb in
your building. Discuss what steps you will take upon receiving the threat.
What will be an ideal response?
Keep the caller on the line as long as possible, ask her to repeat her message and recover every word spoken by the caller, ask her the location of the bomb and time of detonation, inform the caller the building is occupied and the detonation of the bomb could kill or injure innocent people, pay attention to any background noise to obtain clues of their location, listen closely to the voice, voice quality, accents and speech impediments and inform the police of this call immediately and without delay.
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a. ethical relativism b. cultural relativism c. extreme or individual relativism d. ethical absolutism
Who were John Augustus and Matthew Davenport Hill, and what was their role in regard to probation in their respective countries?
What will be an ideal response?
In most states, killings committed with malice aforethought that are not specifically defined as first-degree murder are considered:
a. second-degree murder b. capital murder c. voluntary manslaughter d. felony murder
This investigation is often referred to as the _______________, which details the youth’s personal background, family, educational progress, previous violations, employment, and so forth.
a. parens patriae b. juvenile probation c. social study d. informality