Explain the three premises that formed the basis to Cesare Beccaria’s legal system reforms.
What will be an ideal response?
(1) People commit crimes based upon decisions based on free will, logic, and rationality. (2) Deterrence and proportionality. (3) It is better to prevent crimes than to punish.
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What is the name given to the Kosovar Albanian group that sought to break away from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the 1990s?
a. Kosovo Liberation Army b. Army of the Republic of Kosovo c. Kosovo Armed Resistance d. Yugoslav Resistance Movement
The federal constitutional right to a speedy trial begins to run from the time that
A) police received the complaint that a crime has been committed. B) when the defendant has been arrested, indicted or had an information filed against the defendant for that specific crime, which ever comes first. C) a defendant demands to receive a speedy trial and this is the only way to begin the running of the time calculation for the speedy trial right. D) the police developed probable cause to believe that the identified defendant committed the crime regardless of when that person is indicted or arrested. E) the defendant allegedly committed the crime and has no relationship to the moment when the victims reported the crime to police officials.
Jail inmates tend to have mental health problems with specific diagnoses that include all of the following except ______.
a. mania b. psychotic disorders c. major depression d. economic issues
A situation in which a police officer uses his/her authority to deprive people of their liberty or property is called a:
A. search B. seizure C. entrapment D. stop E. hold