The insanity defense is used in most cases in the American criminal justice system.
How can law enforcement policing effective in those communities that would be
considered special populations? What outside agencies should law enforcement utilize
to BE MORE effective?
Answer:Responses will vary
Prosecutors and defense attorneys can present recreations of crimes created from
computer-generated imagery. These recreations cannot be 100% accurate in their
depiction of events, because each side interprets the evidence differently. Does the use
of this technology bias the jury toward one side or the other? Isn”t it up to the jury to
interpret the evidence to determine guilt or innocence?
Answer:Responses will vary
If an offender is released early for participation in educational or other rehabilitation
programs, it is known as _______________.
Technology, such as the ‘smart cars” used to patrol in Los Angeles, is cost-effective, and
provides inexpensive methods of increasing efficiency by police.
Racial minority status and poverty in American society can produce visible disparities
when seeing who is actually subjected to pretrial detention.
The United States has a ____________________ court system.
Revocation of probation typically occurs for either a ______ ______ or a new arrest.
A bench trial allows a jury to have input into a defendant’s guilt.
A request to a higher court to review actions taken in a completed trial is called a(n)
___________________.
Private prisons are believed to have lower operating costs than state prisons.
A motion to suppress would be used to ask a judge to exclude evidence that has been
illegally obtained.
Corporations and businesses are likely to use __________ ___________to keep their
buildings and property safe.
The government of North Korea was accused of creating fake U.S. currency in order to
create instability in the American economy.
____________________ are serious crimes punishable by more than one year of
incarceration.