Explain what positivism is.
What will be an ideal response?
The positivist school of criminology emerged out of a focus on the scientific
method and involved a data-driven approach to understanding criminal behavior.
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Which example DOES NOT constitute Fifth Amendment compulsion?
A. Questioning a subpoenaed witness in a trial without warning the witness of her privilege against self-incrimination B. Ordering a subpoenaed witness to testify before a grand jury under a grant of immunity C. Ordering a police officer to testify in an administrative hearing about police misconduct under threat of losing her job D. Questioning an attorney in a judicial hearing about attorney misconduct under threat of disbarment for not speaking
If a cause of death cannot be found through simple observation of the victim, a(n) _____ is typically carried out
a. Autopsy b. Crime scene investigation c. Drug screening d. Anthropological profile
Which of the following is/are the trial court(s) of the federal system?
A. U.S. magistrate’s courts B. U.S. district courts C. U.S. courts of appeals D. U.S. Supreme Court
What do the key findings from the “Little Village” project imply about future gang intervention strategies?
a. Gang members should receive the same program strategies, regardless of their demographic features. b. Strategies should be race-specific. c. Strategies should be gender-specific. d. Strategies should be age-specific.