Define and discuss active and passive victim precipitation. Do you think it is just to blame victims for their role in crime? Explain your view
What will be an ideal response?
Active precipitation occurs when victims act provocatively, use fighting words, or attack first. Passive precipitation occurs when the victim exhibits some personal characteristics that unknowingly either threaten or encourage the attacker. Passive precipitation can even occur when the victim has never actually met the attacker.
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According the Law in Society section, ________________ ________________ are caused by factors like eyewitness misidentification, false testimony by state forensic experts,
police and prosecutorial misconduct, perjury by snitches, false confessions and ineffective assistance of counsel. Fill in the blank with correct word.
Of the nine Supreme Court Justices, he was the sole dissenter in the Terry v. Ohio (1968) case:
a. Warren b. Marshall c. Douglas d. Harlan
This idea is intangible and unmeasurable and is often used as a misnomer for inappropriate behavior
a. good b. insanity c. guilt d. evil
You draft recommendations to improve the hiring process. You advise the chief that one particular category of recruits was more likely to be terminated during probation. Which group is this?
a. Hispanic recruits b. recruits with only a high school diploma c. recruits with military experience d. recruits under the age of 22