Explain the importance of the forensic pathologist or medical examiner making proper classifications of a victim's wounds during the autopsy

What will be an ideal response?


Incorrectly classifying wounds can yield to incorrect conclusions about the events leading to death. The false leads created from these conclusions can hinder the death investigation by misidentifying the type of weapon used, the force used, and likely symptoms and precipitating events.

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The primary state regulatory statute is the ________ that regulates procedure in state courts

A) state administrative code B) state penal code C) state code of criminal procedure D) model penal code

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Violent victimization and violent offending share many of the same characteristic except ______.

A. demographics B. risk factors C. guidelines D. motive

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Which of the following propositions most accurately describes modern international terrorist networks?

a. International terrorist networks are funded and supported by state sponsors. b. Many networks are thoroughly infiltrated by counterterrorist agencies. c. International terrorist networks are mainly hierarchical and well-defined. d. International terrorist movements regularly create cell-based networking configurations.

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The Supreme Court has recognized that erotic dancing in places of public accommodation is entitled to _________ Amendment protection under certain circumstances

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word.

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