Pluralistic ignorance occurs when witnesses in a group fail to help because they interpret the failure of others to help as meaning that no help is needed

a. True
b. False


Answer: a

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Wall’s typology of cybercrime includes which of the following?

a. Cybertrespass b. Cyberdeceptions c. Cyberviolence d. Cyberpornography e. All of the above

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The community policing era is hailed for incorporating the use of computers to do the job of policing in order to do which of the following?

a) tracking incidents of crime

b) analyzing the common factors within incidents of crime

c) developing strategies to apprehend offenders

d) all

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Under Texas law, an individual can successfully use the insanity defense only if:

A) he suffers from a severe mental disease or defect that prevents him from knowing that his conduct was wrong. B) he had received a psychiatric evaluation at some point before the time of the crime charged, thereby establishing a baseline for his mental condition. C) he is charged with murder or capital murder. D) he has an I.Q. under 80.

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________ courts are designed to help reduce recidivism by overseeing an offender's supervised release into the community.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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