What is the purpose of a criminal trial? What is the difference between factual guilt and legal guilt? What do we mean by the term adversarial system?
What will be an ideal response?
The primary purpose of a criminal trial is to determine the defendant’s guilt or innocence. Factual guilt deals with the issue of whether the defendant is actually responsible for the crime for which he or she is charged. Legal guilt is established when the prosecutor presents evidence to convince the judge or jury that the defendant is guilty as charged. The adversarial system allows for two sides; one advocates for the state and the other for the defendant.
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a. Alabama b. California c. Georgia d. Nevada
An individual develops a research project in which she would survey inmates in every prison in the United States; however, she does not have the resources available to conduct this project. This is an issue of:
a. Feasibility b. Social importance c. Authenticity d. Falsifiability
Briefly describe biological factors that may cause stress for correctional officers.
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following is an accurate statement about the relationship between sample size and representativeness in random sampling?
a. The larger the sample size the greater the likelihood of representativeness. b. The larger the sample size the lower the likelihood of representativeness. c. Sample size and representativeness are not related in random sampling. d. Sample size and representativeness are only related to each other in heterogeneous populations.