Warden Jones was brought into the prison to help fix the problem of sexual assaults of inmates by staff members. The previous warden and 20 officers were terminated because of a sex abuse scandal that occurred at the institution. She is determined to eradicate the prison of sexual assaults committed by her staff. She reaches out to the international nongovernmental organization that is concerned
with the rights of prisoners for help with the development of new policies to ensure she puts an end to these sexual assaults. What is the name of this organization?
a. American Civil Liberties Union
b. Human Rights Watch
c. National Organization of Women
d. U.S. Department of Justice
b
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Tasks of Japanese officers who work in local police stations include:
a. helping conducting small businesses b. regulating alcohol use c. drug addiction counseling d. marriage and divorce counseling
At common law, a child between the ages of 7 and 14 years was:
a. considered not responsible for criminal acts. b. rebuttably presumed incapable of forming criminal intent. c. routinely held accountable for his or her actions. d. placed on house arrest for prohibited acts.
Peter believes that his crime was justified because his girlfriend deceived him when she told him she was 19 . What legal justification defense does Peter possibly have?
a. duress b. entrapment c. necessity d. none of these
________ is a standard for insanity that asks whether the defendant had a mental disease or defect, as a result of which the defendant was unable to control his or her behavior.
A. The Durham Rule B. The entrapment test C. The irresistible impulse test D. The American Law Institute Rule