Explain the accused?s right to assistance of counsel
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The Sixth Amendment accords the accused the right to counsel. Gideon v. Wainwright (1963), 373 U.S. 335
extended this right to misdemeanors, and stated that the accused requires the guiding hand of counsel at
every step in the proceedings against him. However, before Gideon in Hamilton v. Alabama (1961), 368
U.S. 52, and after Gideon in Coleman v. Alabama (1970), 399 U.S. 1, the Supreme Court stated that the right
to counsel exists at every critical stage of the proceeding.
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Which statement is true of the Fourteenth Amendment?
a. It provides protection from double jeopardy and self-incrimination and for grand jury indictment in serious crimes. b. It provides for a speedy and public trial, impartial jury, confrontation, compulsory process, and assistance or counsel. c. It includes the so-called due process clause, which has been used to incorporate various other rights described in the Bill of Rights. d. It protects from cruel and unusual punishment.
Which of the following is considered a source of police stress?
a. task demands b. interpersonal demands c. physical demands d. all of these
Deception encompasses spoken and written statements but not physical expressions
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Criminologists Richard Hawkins and Geoffrey Alpert identified four general ways in which correctional officers respond to their jobs. Which of the following is NOT one of them?
A. Some officers become intrusive and pry into the personal lives of inmates. B. Some officers become alienated, cynical, and withdrawn. C. Some officers become overly authoritarian and confrontational. D. Some officers adopt a human-services orientation toward their work.