Which Supreme Court case ruled that trying a juvenile who had previously been adjudicated delinquent in juvenile court for the same crime as an adult in criminal court violates the double jeopardy clause of the Fifth Amendment when the adjudication involves violation of a criminal statue?

a. Breed v. Jones (1975)
b. Roper v. Simmons (2005)
c. Kent v. United States (1966)
d. McKeiver v. Pennsylvania (1971)


a. Breed v. Jones (1975)

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Which of the following inmates would be most at risk for committing violence during his time in prison?

A. A juvenile offender in an adult institution with prearrest drug use B. A middle-aged inmate in prison for murder C. An inmate with no history of prior violence in a low-security prison D. A violent inmate who has started receiving interventions for his behavior

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Double jeopardy does not apply when the court hearing the first offense lacks __________ to try the second offense

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Dr. Long is designing an experiment using randomization to assign subjects to groups. Which of her conclusions identified below is most accurate?

a. There is no need to worry about the time sequence requirement for causality since by using a pre-test and post-test she is sure the independent variable precedes the dependent in time. b. Because an experiment is being used, there is no need to be concerned with validity and reliability issues. c. The use of randomization assures that each member of the experimental and control groups are equivalent but not the groups themselves. d. The use of randomization does not address the issues of empirical correlation between the independent and dependent variables.

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