Discuss how the courtroom work group affects how defense attorneys represent their clients.
What will be an ideal response?
Lawyers who work within the parameters of the courtroom work group receive benefits for their clients, including more case information from prosecutors and perhaps better plea bargains. Lawyers who are less cooperative find that they do not get favorable case-scheduling considerations and get less favorable plea bargains.
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
What are the general characteristics of bureaucracies that can be found in every agency, at least to some extent?
What will be an ideal response?
Female correctional officers only work with female prison residents.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Dwayne wanted to find out what the citizens of Canton think about a proposed law that would require sex offenders to be treated in the community in lieu of prison confinement and he decided to randomly call people listed in the phone book. What is his sampling frame?
a. the citizens of Canton b. the proposed law c. telephone listings d. sex offenders