According to deterrence theory, punishment for a deviant act reduces the likelihood that a person will repeat the act. A researcher decides that it must therefore be likely that tougher gun control laws would reduce the gun crimes of repeat offenders. This is an example of:
a. Deductive reasoning
b. Sample generalizability
c. Inductive reasoning
d. Implementation
a. Deductive reasoning
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Coolidge v. New Hampshire established the doctrine for plain view searches. Which of the following is not one of the required criteria?
a. The item is positioned so as to be detected easily by the officer. b. The officer immediately recognizes the illegal nature of the item. c. The officer is legally in a position to notice the item in question. d. The suspect does not object to the officer finding the item.
Evaluations of victim compensation programs
a. make them the most popular victims' programs b. show that compensated victims have more favorable attitudes toward the CJS c. are more favorable for state-sponsored programs than federal programs d. have not been favorable as many requests are denied due to insufficient documentation
Normally, if all spaces are filled, how many justices sit on the U.S. Supreme Court?
a. five b. seven c. eight d. nine
Evidence of flight from the scene of a crime is _____
a. sufficient by itself to establish guilt b. never admissible c. direct evidence of guilt d. never sufficient by itself to establish guilt