Explain the process that is followed if a child’s testimony is challenged on grounds that it is tainted.

What will be an ideal response?


Student responses should discuss: who bears the burden of proof, what burden of proof standard applies, where the examination of the child takes place, and that both parties have an opportunity to question the child.

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Explain how crack cocaine is produced and a brief explanation of the history of cocaine

What will be an ideal response?

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. In early criminological theories, the unit of analysis was the individual criminal. 2. According to anomie/strain theory, individuals who accept traditional goals but reject the accepted means of achieving them are known as retreatists. 3. According to Émile Durkheim, the development of modern urban-industrial societies has resulted in changing norms, confusion, and lessened social control over the individual. 4. Émile Durkheim insisted on primacy of groups and social organizations in understanding human behavior. 5. A moral confusion or breakdown in mores or a gap between goals and means in society is referred to as strain.

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The Mau Mau movement is based in which of the following countries?

a. Kenya b. Somalia c. Uganda d. Rwanda

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Repeat _____ is a fairly common occurrence, particularly among adolescents

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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