What role do victims play in the courtroom?
What will be an ideal response?
Victims' role has been on the rise since 1970s and there is now assistance for victims and victims' rights.
Assistance can be monetary or take the form of shelters and access to court information.
Rights can mean giving the victim a voice in the court proceedings and victim notification and participation in the proceedings.
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Merger is a concept that:
a. subsumes a previously distinct offense within a greater offense. b. allows multiple charges at a single trial. c. allows one trial of joint defendants. d. combines all offenses for sentencing purposes.
______ are defined as those conflicts that arise when law enforcement duties conflict with an officer's desire to rehabilitate youthful offenders
a. Role conflicts b. Conflicts of duty c. Service conflicts d. Conflicts of conscience
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a. all cases in that type of jurisdiction handle 1–2 particular types of crime, making a limited scope. b. they are restricted to hearing minor or less serious civil and criminal cases. c. they not only review facts but procedures of the case to limit judicial decision making. d. they were named this when each state was only allowed to have one court.