Summarize the demographic characteristics associated with criminal homicide.
What will be an ideal response?
Minority groups are disproportionately represented in arrest and victimization data. Offenders are mostly males between the age of 20 and 29. Both victims and offenders lack economic resources and opportunity.
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What is the purpose of the writ of habeas corpus?
A) To allow prisons to legally limit prisoners' rights B) To allow prisons to increase prisoners' community ties C) To allow prisoners to test the legality of their confinement D) To allow prisoners to contest the death penalty
What did the Victims of Crime Act in 1984 do?
What will be an ideal response?
life-history interviews with women offenders reveal what about their lives?
What will be an ideal response?
Historically, police commonly relied on vagrancy laws to justify arresting suspicious persons pending more thorough investigations
Indicate whether the statement is true or false