The UCR Crime Index is an unweighted one; that is, a murder has the same importance in the overall index as a bicycle theft

Indicate whether the statement is true or false


True

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What will be an ideal response?

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What will be an ideal response?

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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. Until Parliament enacted the Criminal Appeal Act of 1907, the English common law afforded defendants unlimited review of criminal convictions. 2. The Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure allow defendants to enter conditional pleas of guilty or nolo contendere, reserving in writing the right to have an appellate court review an adverse determination of a specified pretrial motion. 3. The federal government has no right to appeal a defendant’s acquittal but may appeal dismissal of an indictment. 4. The Supreme Court has held that indigent defendants have no right to be furnished counsel at public expense to pursue any appeal. 5. Post-trial motions are the principal instruments used to persuade the appellate court to reverse, affirm, or modify the decision being appealed.

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New devices designed specifically to protect property or to assist police will generate adaptive behavior by would-be lawbreakers

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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