What role do victims play in the courtroom and in the justice process as a whole?
What will be an ideal response?
Victims'roles have been on the rise since 1970s and there is now assistance for victims and victims' rights.Assistance can be monetary or take the form of shelters and access to court information. Victims have a voice in the court proceedings, and victim notification and participation in the proceedings are other changes that have recently occurred.
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a. True b. False
The avoidant personality is characterized by a pervasive pattern of social inhibition
a. True b. False
Which is the least common mode of adaptation, according to Merton?
a. Conformity b. Innovation c. Ritualism d. Retreatism
Probable cause may be established based solely on:
A) informants. B) telephone tips. C) ?anonymous tips. D) an officer's ?first-hand knowledge. E) reasonable suspicion.