"Where the facts and circumstances within the officers' knowledge and of which they had reasonably trustworthy information is sufficient to warrant a person of reasonable caution in the belief that an offense has been or is being committed" is the Supreme Court's definition of:

a. reasonable suspicion.
b. probable cause.
c. a preponderance of the evidence.
d. beyond a reasonable doubt.


b

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a. reverse racism b. white self-interest c. dominance d. inequities

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A. a probation officer exercising discretion B. a probation officer assessing an offender’s static risk predictors C. a probation officer breaking the law to protect an offender D. a probation officer compiling a presentence report

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Aging lesbians were found to have a greater risk of experiencing ________ as compared to similarly situated heterosexual women.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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More concretely, this program contains a mixture of ideas including the _____ ____ movement that spread to Xinjiang at the beginning of the last century. In the 1930s, when Xinjiang was at the height of turmoil, the Uighurs established an East Turkestan Islamic Republic

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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