Which one of the following statements is INCORRECT?
a. Courts of law tend to focus on the philosophical, theoretical, and empirical questions that surround the various forms of criminal punishment.
b. The U.S. Supreme Court's 2005 decision in United States v. Booker has now effectively relegated the federal sentencing guidelines to an advisory status.
c. When a trial court sentences a defendant to incarceration, it generally allows the defendant credit against any term of incarceration for all time spent in custody as a result of the charge for which sentence is imposed.
d. Courts tend to scrutinize probation conditions that restrict such fundamental rights as procreation.
A
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a) parenting practices. b) parenting styles. c) goal-oriented parenting. d) protective parenting.
Police chief executives and their management teams provide organizational direction by all of the following methods except
a. development of mission, vision, goals and objectives b. creation of strategic, operational, procedural, tactical and budgetary plans c. controlling and assessing departmental activities d. providing special assignments and favors for political supporters
The balancing approach to reasonableness:
a. requires courts to weigh the degree of intrusion against the government's need for the intrusion. b. prohibits the police from making intrusions simply to prevent crimes that may happen. c. does not require the court to weigh the degree of intrusion so long as there is a factual foundation for it. d. does not require a factual foundation to support stops involving serious crimes.