List and describe the three types of fingerprints that may be found at a crime scene.
What will be an ideal response?
Visible prints are made when a finger deposits a visible material such as ink, dirt, or blood onto a surface. Plastic prints are ridge impressions left on a soft material such as putty, wax, soap, or dust. Latent or invisible prints are impressions caused by the transfer of body perspiration or oils present on finger ridges to the surface of an object.
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According to the _____, addicts are not criminals, but mentally or physically ill individuals who are forced into acts of petty crime to "feed their habit."
A. medical model of addiction B. due process model of criminal justice C. criminal model of addiction D. crime control model of criminal justice
Which of the following is considered a fully restorative component of restorative justice programs?
A. offender family services B. crime compensation C. family group conferencing D. positive discipline
What exception says that if defendants might suffer legal consequences from a criminal conviction, then the case isn't moot, even if they have fully served their sentence?
a. the collateral consequences exception b. the proportionality exception c. the equitable tolling exception d. the res judicata exception
Policing is not the most objectively dangerous job
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.