Balanced probation is based on the idea that juvenile offenders must take responsibility for their actions
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The crime of conspiracy is comprised of a single person planning to commit a criminal act. 2. The plurality conception of conspiracy means that a charge of conspiracy against one conspirator will fail in the event that the other party to the conspiracy lacked the required mens rea. 3. Diana was born and raised in New Orleans. She believed very strongly in and practiced voodoo. After her boyfriend broke up with her she decided to teach him a lesson. Diana constructed a very elaborate voodoo doll with the intent to kill him by mutilating the doll. If criminal charges are brought against her for this behavior she may claim inherent impossibility as a defense. 4. Modern statutes generally limit the criminal objectives of conspiracy to intent to commit the crime.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The legal and ethical rules generally leave prosecutors with little discretion in their jobs. 2. Ethical rules prohibit prosecutors from engaging in plea bargaining 3. Ethical rules for lawyers are shaped, at least in part, by the adversarial system 4. Supporters of the adversary system argue that it is better than the inquisitorial system in protecting the rights of criminal defendants. 5. Prosecutors who engage in ethical misconduct are frequently discipline or punished.
The most important issue concerning use of intermediate sanctions has to do with prison overcrowding.
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