List and discuss the three types of evidence located at an arson crime scene
What will be an ideal response?
Evidence of incendiary origin—basic types of evidence in this category are physical evidence, expert evidence of burn patterns and fire characteristics, and negative corpus evidence; evidence of motive—a distinction can be made between evidence of a general hostility and specific hostility; evidence linking a suspect to the commission of an arson—direct linkage is clearly preferable to circumstantial linkage.
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The term ________ is defined as the attempt to correct the personality and behavior of convicted offenders through educational, vocational, or therapeutic treatment and to return them to society as law-abiding citizens.
A. rehabilitation
B. retribution
C. incapacitation
D. deterrence
______ posits that criminal behavior is learned from parents and peers.
A. Differential association theory B. Control theory C. Strain theory D. Rational choice theory
What is the Exclusionary Rule, and how did it evolve?
What will be an ideal response?
The criminal justice system has conviction rate of what percentage in child maltreatment cases?
a. 27% b. 48% c. 62% d. 94%