List one reason why a state supreme court may interpret its constitution to grant defendants greater rights than granted by the U. S. Supreme Court's under the U.S. Constitution: ____________________________________________________________________

Fill in the blank with correct word.


ANSWER: wording of state constitution grants greater freedoms / wording puts right in positive rather than negative form / state's constitutional history shows its framers intended greater liberties / early state legislation more broadly defined rights / local traditions favor liberty / heightened definitions of state rights / distinctive local popular attitudes .

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Legal separation or separate maintenance differs from divorce because:

A. In divorce, parties are free to remarry. B. In legal separations, the parties are legally, but not physically, separated. C. In legal separation, there can be no financial responsibility for the other spouse. D. There are no differences.

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Discuss the six stages of the cognitive interview technique

What will be an ideal response?

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Force or threat of force must be evident in order for a sexual victimization to be considered a rape. 2. Sexual coercion requires forcing one to engage in sexual intercourse. 3. In the UCR, rape is limited to forcible rape. 4. Sexual victimization is most likely to occur to males when they are under the age of 5. Females are most at risk of sexual victimization when they are under the age of 12.

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The conditional release of an offender from incarceration is called ____________________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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