In juvenile justice, ______ refers to the trial.
a. intake
b. adjudication
c. disposition
d. commitment
b. adjudication
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
A transcript of trial proceedings helps to acquaint an appellate court with the events that occurred at trial. In most cases, a transcript to proves
A) so necessary that a state must give an indigent defendant a free transcript or as many as are needed to obtain meaningful appellate review. B) to be essential in obtaining meaningful appellate review of a trial court verdict. C) to be expensive and beyond the reach of many poor appellate litigants. D) all of the above are correct responses. E) to be the item that prevents many indigent defendants from appealing their adverse trial court verdicts because many people cannot afford the cost.
Alfred Blumstein’s research in the 1980s revealed that, after controlling for a host of variables, ______ of racial disparities in prison populations was left unexplained.
A. 20% B. 40% C. 50% D. 70%
Sociological theories of crimes are considered to be ______.
a. micro-level theories b. macro-level theories c. meso-level theories d. individual-level theories