Describe the Civil Rights Attorney’s Fee Awards Act of 1976.

What will be an ideal response?


Provides that courts may award payment of legal fees to the plaintiff (usually the
offender) if their allegations prevail (or win) in suit involving a person’s civil rights or
rights created by federal statute.

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_______ is the FBI's new incident based system of crime data collection

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Which of the following is true about reliability and validity?

A. Reliability and validity are the same concept. B. Reliability and validity are mutually exclusive. C. A measure can be either reliable or valid. D. If we hope to measure validity, we need to assess reliability.

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If a police officer shoots an armed suspect, a(n) _____ defense would be appropriate

A) ?duress B) ?necessity C) ?law enforcement D) ?entrapment E) ?public order

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An example of an occupational crime is a. murder

b. espionage. c. drug sales. d. price fixing.

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