Which statement about witnesses is false?

a. Witnesses are often more confident in their knowledge of what happened than they are accurate.
b. Witnesses rarely withhold information or provide it for ulterior motives, which is why officers can trust them as a source of information.
c. What witnesses think they see is a function of what they expected to see, what they wanted to see, and what they actually saw.
d. Many witnesses see only a part of the commission of a crime but testify as though they witnessed the entire event.


b

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A) A commission appointed by President Hoover to investigate crime during the Great Depression B) A commission appointed by President Johnson to investigate the Watergate scandal C) A commission appointed by President Kennedy to investigate the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. D) A commission appointed by President Hoover to investigate operations and problems of the criminal justice system

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University Settlement was involved in probation work during the 1890s

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The ___________________ Amendment's due process clause has been used by the United States Supreme Court to apply many of the rights listed in the Bill of Rights against the states

Fill in the blank with correct word.

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Which term best describes the strategy that decentralizes the justice system?

a. Territorial proximity b. Human proximity c. Temporal proximity d. None of the above

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