Which Constitutional Amendment guarantees indigent defendants the right to a government-appointed lawyer in any instances in which they face the possibility of jail time?
a. The Sixth Amendment
b. The Fifth Amendment
c. The Twelfth Amendment
d. The Fourth Amendment
e. The Third Amendment
ANS: A
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a) Poor women are unlikely to use Norplant correctly on a day-to-day basis. b) Norplant is not 100% effective, so women could still get pregnant. c) It is a racist attempt to limit the procreation of poor, non-white women. d) Mandatory sterilization programs need more government funding if they are ever to be successful.
Which model of criminal justice has the probability that public officials and defense attorneys will not always make the best judgments because of the quick nature of the process?
a. production system model b. due process model c. welfare model d. litigation model e. crime control model
Which confounding variables cannot be completely controlled because of ethical constraints on the research?
A) maturation and history B) maturation, selection, and regression to the mean C) attrition and selection D) regression to the mean and instrumentation
The command economy under the Soviet system
a. failed to reduce economic inequality. b. achieved rapid industrialization. c. involved state-directed economic planning, but not state controls on pricing. d. opened the country to foreign investment. e. all of these.