How many sentences are handed down annually by judges across the United States?

What will be an ideal response?


One million sentences are handed down by judges each year.

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While walking to her car in a mall parking lot, a woman is approached by a man who displays a handgun and demands her purse. She gives him her purse, and he runs away with it. How would each of the following theoretical perspectives explain this crime?

- Demonology - Classicalism - Ecological

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A(n) ______ is defined as a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, that may manifest itself in an imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or do mathematical calculations.

A. cognitive disorder B. educational disability C. learning disability D. modulation disorder

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Which of the following is true in regards to the U.S. “T” visa?

a. It is only issued to women who have been rescued from human trafficking b. It allows victims to stay in the U.S. for 3 years if they cooperate in efforts to prosecute traffickers c. It provides victims with the possibility to remain permanently in the U.S. d. A and B e. B and C

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Individuals who suggest it is society's duty to punish the most serious crimes with the most severe penalty are using what frame of ethical theory?

A. utilitarianism B. peacemaking C.Deontology D."eye for an eye"

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