Which of the following is least likely to be considered a mitigating factor at the sentencing stage in a death penalty case?
A. evidence of PTSD
B. age of the offender
C. gender of the offender
D. history of abuse by parents
C. gender of the offender
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Under the Eighth Amendment, bail is usually denied defendants charged with felonies
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Crime calls can typically be divided into two areas; crimes in progress and crimes that have already __________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The Drug Use Forecasting Program (DUF), later renamed the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Program (ADAM), used urinalysis of newly arrested offenders to document trends in drug use. 2. If a person is arrested and tests positive for drug use, this indicates that he or she must have been using drugs at the time the crime was committed. 3. When trying to understand the link between drug use and crime it is important to keep in mind that while there is a strong association between illegal drug use and criminal behavior, this does not imply a causal relationship. 4. Delinquent behaviors often precede drug abuse among young adolescents. 5. The predisposition model of drug use and crime is found appealing because it does not suggest that sociological and psychological theories of criminal behavior can help to explain both drug use and crime. 6. Even with a war on drugs, the street prices of illegal drugs have increased dramatically over the past 20-30 years.
The EEO Index compares the percentage of minority group officers in a department with the percentage of that group in the U.S. population
a. True b. False