Several early-twentieth-century crime commission reports led to what hasbeen called the __________ of criminal justice. Most members of thesecommissions were reformers who sought to remove corruption and politicalfavoritism from the criminal process
a. Judicial cleansing era
b. Progressive era
c. Anti-corruption era
d. Reformer era
b
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Which of the following is sometimes desirable to facilitate prompt identification when time is of the essence?
a. Lineups b. Show-ups c. Photographic arrays d. In-court show-ups
Hackers with their abilities to research vulnerabilities in software products and disclose them to companies that developed the software are known as ______.
a. bad hackers b. careless hackers c. ethical hackers d. friendly hackers
To the extent that the crime control model is followed in the use of electronic surveillance, whose vision of society, according to your textbook, may become a reality in the United States?
A. Victor Hugo B. George Orwell C. Charles Dickens D. All of the answers are correct.
SCOTUS has ruled that a judge's failure to ask a defendant if he or she knowingly and voluntarily entered a guilty plea in open court:
a. is not reversible, if there is strong evidence of the defendant's guilt. b. is not reversible, if the defendant was represented by counsel during the entry of the plea. c. is reversible, because the judge accepted a plea without an affirmative showing that it was freely given and the defendant knew what he or she was agreeing to. d. may be grounds for an appeal, if the defendant can show the judge was aware the defendant was not of sound mind.