Describe how the structure of the U.S. federal government has affected the organization of crime labs in the United States.
What will be an ideal response?
The federal system of government emphasizes the importance of retaining local control over important matters such as criminal prosecution. This has led to the growth of many local and state crime laboratories and precluded the creation of a national system. In addition, the federal overnment has no single law enforcement or investigative agency that has unlimited jurisdiction throughout the country.
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The most meaningful way to compare per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) across countries is to
A) first use purchasing power parity to factor in each country's true cost of living. B) assume that the cost of living in each country is the same as the United States' cost of living. C) first adjust each country's per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to exclude all the goods and services that are not exchanged with other countries. D) use foreign exchange rates to convert each country's per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) into dollars. Then compare.
Intelligence agencies in the United States feel that because of their higher level of criminal sophistication, ______ will present a greater threat to American society than the traditional Italian-American crime families ever have.
a. Japanese organized crime groups b. La Cosa Nostra c. Russian organized crime groups d. Tammany Society
The process of ________ juveniles to adult criminal court is referred to as binding over
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The findings by Morgan and Smith are similar to the sentencing research that finds that ______variables are the strongest predictors of a decision to incarcerate and length of prison sentence
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