A way to describe the court process in this country; the prosecution and defense are opponents, each highlighting certain evidence in the case, and the judge is the referee
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adversarial process
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A criminal justice area that mayors have greatly affected in recent years is:
a. the use of extraction teams in jails. b. education standards of police officers. c. community policing. d. plea bargaining. e. all of the above.
If Joe breaks into George's house thinking he has drugs to steal, but George does not, Joe is entitled to assert a mistake of fact defense
a. True b. False
In the context of the psychoanalytic approach to delinquency, the part of one's personality that is comprised of unconscious biological and psychological desires and instincts is known as the
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The U.S. Supreme Court has held that a jury in a criminal trial may not be composed of less than
A. 12 persons. B. 9 persons. C. 6 persons. D. 5 persons.