A stationhouse detention, is less intrusive than an arrest but more intrusive than a Terry stop

a. True
b. False


Answer: a

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In 1994, a young single mother named Susan Smith claimed that a Black man stole her car with her two young sons inside. The case made national news, and Smith went on TV begging for the carjacker to return her sons unharmed. A month later, Smith confessed to police that she let her car roll into a nearby lake to kill her children for the purpose of rekindling a relationship with a man who said he did not want to date a woman with children. After the children drowned, she fabricated the carjacking story to mislead the police. Smith plead not guilty by reason of insanity. Based on what you know about the insanity defense do you think she was successful? Why or why not? Be sure to describe the relevant standards, tests, and rules and apply them to this case.

What will be an ideal response?

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A researcher wants to compare current plea-bargaining practices in the United States with practices in Mexico. This is an example of which type of analysis:

a. Crime mapping b. Transnational research c. Descriptive comparative research d. True experiment

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This rationale for due process is based on the idea that admitting unreliable evidence denies defendants the right to their life. This is referred to as the forced confessions rationale

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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A pragmatist might argue that moral values and cultural practices based upon them are not representations of the truth, but are functional for people in a particular place at a particular time

a. True b. False

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