Consider the scenario in which an offender arrested for shoplifting states: “The store is owned by a huge company; they wouldn’t have even noticed this loss.” This is reflective of ______.
A. appeal to higher loyalties
B. condemnation of the condemners
C. denial of injury
D. denial of responsibility
C. denial of injury
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A) unique, and usually are not bureaucracies B) entities of at least 2 people C) found only in agencies with a pyramidal structure D) normally found only in large agencies
Summarize the Supreme Court's decisions in Tennessee v. Garner and Graham v. Connor. Why are these decisions important to criminal procedure?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The law does not provide a defense to individuals executing public duties. 2. Today, all 50 states recognize the right to forcibly resist an unlawful arrest. 3. Necessity is based on the assumption that had the legislature been confronted with the choice, legislators presumably would have safeguarded human life over the crime committed. 4. In order to use the necessity defense, the defendant must not have been substantially at fault in creating the emergency.
The Victims of Crime Act of 1984 had to do with:
A) restitution to victims. B) victim compensation programs. C) work release and partial payments by offenders to victims of crimes. D) All of the above.