The text states that appellate court judges make rulings that have a lasting effect on future cases. What does this mean?

What will be an ideal response?


They make case law that other judges look at when they make subsequent decisions.

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Which theoretical paradigm was developed by Edward O. Wilson?

a. Sociobiology b. Positivism c. Biosocial criminology d. Eugenic criminology

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When a person is sent to prison the most dysfunctional consequence involves ______________

a. losing employment b. the breakup of families c. not seeing close friends d. the inability to use the Internet

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A(n) ____________________ refers to researchers and program personnel together considering how each program element affects the targets

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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The word security comes from the Latin word that literally means "without care," "free from care," "free from danger," or "safe. The Latin word was:

a. veritas b. securus c. habeas corpus d. certiorari

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