Most criminal cases are settled by plea bargain. As a public defender with an extraordinary workload, you feel the pressure to move as many cases through the system as possible so that the time spent awaiting trial, dismissal, or plea -often behind bars-is reduced as much as possible. Yet, this means you often discourage a trial for your clients. What guides your decision-making process for advising which clients should go to trial?
What will be an ideal response?
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a. they tend to be perfectionistic b. they may show signs of memory impairment c. they tend to be under focused on their thoughts d. they tend to exaggerate the risk that unfortunate events will occur
The terms bidirectional effects, or __________, are used to discuss the relations between two persons.
A. societal effects B. sensitive effects C. digitized Effects D. reciprocal effects
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a) body fluids and mood. b) body types and emotionality. c) feelings and activity. d) physiques and temperament.
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a. a projective test. b. a behavioral assessment. c. the MMPI-2. d. a situational test.