Research into victim-impact statements has found that
A) they have a significant impact on judicial sentencing decision-making.
B) juries are not required to consider victim-impact statements.
C) sentencing decisions are rarely affected by them.
D) oral impact statements have more impact than written documents.
C) sentencing decisions are rarely affected by them.
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A. A community must not tolerate any domestic violence. B. Schools must teach kids that domestic violence is intolerable. C. Clergy must make it clear that domestic violence is wrong. D. All of the above.
In all homicide situations, the first officer on the scene has several principal concerns. However, the responding officer does not have to determine if the victim is dead or alive—that is for the investigator or medical examiner to determine
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Over the past 20 years, property crime rates have:
A. increased. B. increased at a faster rate than violent crime have. C. remained the same. D. declined.
A standardized form of a frequency that ranges from 0.00 to 1.00 is referred to as ______.
A. a frequency B. a percent C. a proportion D. a proposition