Which of the following formal accusations of guilt is used in misdemeanor actions?
a. Indictment
b. Information
c. Complaint
d. Habeas corpus
e. Writ of mandamus
Ans: c. Complaint
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The opening statement at the beginning of a trial must contain _____ to engage the jury in the direction the attorney intents
a. A hook c. Sympathy b. Prejudice d. Evidence
In 2013, the U.S. Census reported that 18.7% of sworn police officers were ______.
A.Hispanic B. female C.Black D.Asian
Edward Littlejohn's study of police misconduct litigation in Detroit through the 1970s found that suits
A. produced few reforms. B. produced changes in how people perceived the chief of police. C. produced many reforms and changes. D. produced changes in how the police academies trained their recruits.
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Unrecorded crime, or the dark figure of crime, as it was referred to by early European criminologists, has always escaped such official statistics. 2. Target surveys involve questioning a representative sample of the population to obtain an estimate of victimization, a portion of which is not reported to the police. 3. Crime panel consists of repeated interviews every six months to bound or provides a benchmark for reports. 4. Bounding is the initial interview in a panel and serves as a boundary or means of establishing exactly when events have taken place. 5. 5. Because of careful planning and execution, victim surveys never experience problems relating to false reporting or sampling bias.