What is the importance of the United Nations Declaration of Basic Principles and how do the Basic Principles set the foundation for victims' rights in foreign countries? (see Appendix E)
What will be an ideal response?
In 1948, the United Nations developed standards of treatment of individual citizens by governments throughout the world. The Declaration provided for access to justice and fair treatment, restitution, compensation, and assistance to all victims of crime throughout the world. Many of the legislation of foreign countries incorporate the principles laid down by the Declaration of the rights of crime victims. A criminal court was also created under the United Nations.
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The behavior of habitual offenders is reinforced by:
a. the symbolic meaning of the behavior as it relates to self-concept and identity formation. b. the neurophysiological high such acts produce. c. both A and B. d. neither A nor B.
Bobby likes to show off for his college friends. While at the lake, Bobby decides to jump into another person's boat and take it for a joyride. As Bobby is returning the boat he is stopped by Officer Diligence. Diligence finds out he did not have permission to take the boat. Based on this information, Bobby could be charged with which offense?
a. Criminal Mischief/ 3rd degree b. Theft/ Class A misdemeanor c. Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle/ State jail felony d. Criminal Trespass/ Class A misdemeanor
A _________ must be limited initially to a pat-down of a person's outer clothing
a. search b. frisk c. warrantless search d. None of the answers are correct.
Which of the following is not a problem inherent in incapacitative sentencing:
a. It works only if we lock up those who would have committed further offenses if they had been left free. b. It works only if those we lock up are not immediately replaced by new recruits. c. It works only if we fix offenders while we lock them up. d. It works only if the crimes committed after release are not so frequent or serious so as to negate the effects of the crimes prevented through incapacitative sentencing.