The most recent trend in U.S. Supreme Court decisions regarding habeas corpus has been to ______.

A. restrict it
B. expand it
C. reform it
D. ignore it


Answer: A

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Some robbery have "signature" aspects which are part of the: _____

a. essential elements of the crime b. motivation or why the crime was committed c. corpus delicti d. modus operandi

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The Supreme Court has "created" the standard of justification known as "reasonable suspicion" for investigatory detentions. Should it have?Why or why not?

What will be an ideal response?

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

1. Federal Courts have jurisdiction over cases involving the United States as a party, cases involving a law passed by the U.S. Congress, constitutional issues, and cases requiring the interpretation of international treaties. 2. The police are not part of the executive branch of the government. 3. usticiability is a term used to describe several preconditions that must be met before a court will consider a case. 4. The final decision reached by a court is called an adjudication. 5. The U.S. Supreme Court hears over 5000 cases each term.

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Which of the following is false with regard to Akers’s social learning theory?

a. It incorporates ideas like imitation and modeling from Bandura’s social cognitive theory. b. It accounts for factors like the characteristics of the model, the type of behavior being observed, and the consequences of the behavior seen by the observer. c. It expands on Sutherland’s notion of definitions. d. It disregards the importance of school and family life in favor of an exclusive focus on one’s peer groups. e. It was based in part on Skinner’s operant conditioning theory.

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