In order to successfully use the insanity defense, a criminal defendant must prove that she suffers from a severe mental disease or defect

Indicate whether the statement is true or false


TRUE

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The goals of community corrections include:

A) providing an alternative range of offender punishments. B) facilitating offender reintegration. C) heightening offender accountability. D) All of the above

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LeT uses "suicide attacks" where small groups of fidayeen (suicide squads) would storm a security force camp and kill as many personnel as possible

a. True b. False

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

1. Stare decisis means that a person has the right to remain silent and does not have to respond to questions that might implicate themselves in a criminal offense. 2. Proposition 83 (otherwise known as “Jessica’s Law”) was passed by a vote of 70.5% of Californian voters in 2006 and was designed to increase the punishment for individuals who are convicted of sexually based crimes against adults and children. This is an example of case law. 3. Administrative law refers to the body of law that governs the creation and function of state and federal government agencies. 4. The primary source for administrative law is the Federal Administrative Procedure Act. 5. Case law is directly linked to statutory law.

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The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) is a mailed survey of a representative sample of U.S. households that gathers detailed information about _______ from victims

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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