Define the concept of double jeopardy and provide an example of a crime that could be prosecuted under both federal and state law. Should protection against double jeopardy be extended to those who break both state and federal laws in one offense?
What will be an ideal response?
Responses will vary
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Crime control policies that push crime into other neighborhoods is a problem known as
a. diffusion. b. displacement. c. redirection. d. confusion.
The right to a speedy trial guaranteed in the Constitution of the United States
A) is found in the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. B) applies to federal prosecutions only and is not binding on the states. C) was repealed by the Nineteenth Amendment following World War II. D) begins to have application once a defendant has committed a crime so that police have an incentive to solve crimes quickly. E) applies to federal prosecutions and has been interpreted to apply to state prosecutions.
This is the range of sample statistics obtained when many samples are selected?
a. random numbers b. sampling distribution c. selection interval d. quota
The _________________ controls such basic drives as sexual activity
a. hypothalamus b. medial forebrain bundle c. blood-brain barrier d. amygdala