Most states have rules of evidence based at least in part on the ______.

A. Constitution
B. Bill of Rights
C. Criminal Evidence Act
D. Federal Rules of Evidence


D. Federal Rules of Evidence

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The successfulness of community corrections is attributable, in part, to the fact that such programs target which kinds of offenders for inclusion?

A) Hardcore career criminals B) Violent, prison-bound offenders C) Low-risk, nonviolent, nondangerous offenders D) All of the above

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Imagine you work at a state hospital to study the treatment of psychiatric patients and they do not know that you are studying them. Name two examples of specific problems that could arise because you are using covert participation.

What will be an ideal response?

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______ occurs when prison officials know of, but disregard, an obvious risk to an inmate’s health or safety.

a. Inmate neglect b. Deliberate indifference c. Passive aggression d. Liable ignorance

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Which of the following events ended MRTA's influence?

a. The capture of Abimael Guzman on September 12, 1992 along with eight others and his computer that contained their membership roster, organizational structure and weapons caches. b. Three of their members were killed when a bomb they were assembling exploded on March 6, 1970. c. On April 22, 1997, government antiterrorism experts launched an attack on a residence taken captive by them. Using sophisticated listening devices to track the captor’s presence, 140 troops, utilizing five tunnels dug under the residence, surprised and killed all of the captors, with one hostage dying in the attack. d. The President of Columbia aggressively went after them using the support from Plan Columbia.

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