Selective prosecution occurs when new and more serious charges are brought simply because a defendant has exercised her statutory or constitutional rights

Indicate whether the statement is true or false


FALSE COMMENT: This defines vindictive prosecution

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A force-field analysis involves:

a. Increasing forces in support of change b. Decreasing forces against change c. Doing both of the above in some combination d. All of the above are true

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The First Equity fraud caught the public's attention for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

a. location of occurrence. b. amount of money involved. c. date of occurrence. d. identity of perpetrators.

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The idea that insanity may involve a different combination of many factors in each case at the time the crime is committed is called the a. Durham Rule

b. M'Naghten Rule. c. substantial capacity test. d. irresistible impulse test.

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In 2012, ___ of violent crime victimizations were reported to the police.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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