State four major concerns regarding reliability of testimony from eyewitnesses.
What will be an ideal response?
1) Each person will testify to personal perception of an event, and people often perceive the same event differently. 2) Every person will not use the same language to describe what was witnessed. 3) A witness may simply have a faulty memory and unintentionally testify to an untruth. 4) For a variety of reasons, a witness may intentionally lie.
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A) reactively depressed. B) sexually sadistic. C) emotionally stable. D) mentally disordered.
What two drugs are used to reduce the distress of heroin withdrawal?
a. paregoric and benzodiazepines b. Seconal and buspirone c. propoxyphene (Darvon) and methadone d. additional heroin combined with a sedative
Sampson and Laub revised their life course theory to include ______.
a. routine activities b. turning points c. transitional events d. criminal behavior
According to the evolutionary perspective on rape, __________ is the key to survival of a trait
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).