How could the appellate system be made more effective?

What will be an ideal response?


Answers will vary but may include some of the following: Appeals courts could manage caseloads more effectively by simplifying the appeals process and ensuring that a case is being reviewed in only one court. To cut down on frivolous appeals, the judicial department could implement stronger guidelines that would make it harder to challenge trial court decisions based on small errors. Congress could continue to make legislation that helps clarify and limit the appeals process. States could get creative in reducing the backlog of appeals in the system (e.g., adding judgeships, creating new or expanding existing appellate courts, deciding cases without published opinions or writing memo opinions, temporarily assigning judges from the retired ranks or from lower courts, reducing panel sizes).

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a. social-ecological model b. social learning theory c. risk-need-responsivity paradigm d. social bond theory

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

1. IRB committees must have diversity in terms of member areas of expertise. 2. Human research involving cadavers is exempt from review under the Common Rule because cadavers, as human subjects, are not living individuals. 3. An individual can withdraw their consent from a study at any time during an experiment. 4. Subpart B of the Federal Policy for the Protections of Human Subjects ensures additional protections for cadavers. 5. Subpart B of HHS regulations does not include ex-prisoners as a vulnerable population.

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The ________ little known and often misunderstood piece of legislation that can protect an entity from the truly enterprise threatening" liability it could face following a terrorist event

A) Omnibus Counterterrorism Act of 1995 B) USA Patriot Act C) Homeland Security Act of 2002 D) SAFETY Act of 2002

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The policy implications for conflict theory mentioned in the text include all of the following EXCEPT:

a. Expand employment opportunities and skills training. b. Increase the number of specialty courts. c. Require corporations to adopt codes of ethics. d. More citizen input on regulating and controlling public space.

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