What percentage of African American defendants are more likely than white defendants to receive the death penalty?
a. 25%
b. 50%
c. 75%
d. 100%
c. 75%
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
List the three circumstances in which a law enforcement officer may make a warrantless arrest.
What will be an ideal response?
Some common ways for people with drug dependencies to obtain drugs through fraud or deceit are:
a. doctor shopping; i.e., finding a doctor who will over-prescribe narcotics. b. seeing multiple doctors without their knowledge and filling the prescriptions at different pharmacies. c. stealing prescription pads and forging physician signatures. d. all of the above
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Ethical pluralism and ethical relativism are similar in that both tend to reject moral or ethical absolutes. 2. The principles of normative ethics help us decide which government policies are best. 3. Cultural and ethical relativism are similar approaches to ethics. ( 4. Police gratuities do not raise ethical issues 5. An ethical or cultural relativist will not condemn practices in other cultures that are required by that culture.