Identify the two stages that make up the bifurcated process of death penalty sentencing
What will be an ideal response?
• Death penalty sentencing involves a two-stage bifurcated process.
• In the first stage (the criminal trial stage), a jury determines the guilt or innocence of the defendant.
• If the defendant is found guilty, the jury reconvenes for the second stage (sentencing) and considers all aggravating and mitigating circumstances to decide whether the death sentence is in fact warranted.
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a. Alerting police or security personnel. b. Sounding an audible alarm. c. Conducting more surveillance. d. Alerting the person with suspicious behavior. e. None of the above.
Serial killers who kill because of visions that are believed to be the result of a psychosis were categorized as these by Holmes and DeBurger
A. Organized B. Visionary C. Missionary D. Hedonistic
Which of the following is NOT cited as an agency-level cause of police corruption?
a. flaws in the individual character of the officer b. peer endorsement c. code of silence d. continuous in-service training
The FBI or other law enforcement agency using a paid informant to gather intelligence on a terrorist group would be considered part of which stage of the homeland security cycle?
A. Mitigation B. Response C. Preparedness D. Recovery