Juvenile court matters fall into three major categories: delinquency, status offenses, and children in need of supervision.
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Jurors have come to expect sophisticated forensic evidence i…
Jurors have come to expect sophisticated forensic evidence in even the most mundane cases, and these higher expectations for forensic evidence significantly affect conviction or acquittal voting patterns.
Examples of alternative sentencing include
Examples of alternative sentencing include
A structured sentencing scheme that allows no leeway in the…
A structured sentencing scheme that allows no leeway in the nature of the sentence required and under which clearly enumerated punishments are mandated for specific offenses or for habitual offenders convicted of a series of crimes.
The Supreme Court held that verdicts in federal criminal tri…
The Supreme Court held that verdicts in federal criminal trials must be unanimous, but it affirmed state courts’ findings of guilty by votes of 9 to 3 and 10 to 2.
Which Amendments were specifically mentioned in this lesson…
Which Amendments were specifically mentioned in this lesson that limit police power and authority?
Police have to advise every suspect every time during the ar…
Police have to advise every suspect every time during the arrest of their Miranda rights before anything that person says can be used in court.
Every year a large proportion of juveniles are transferred t…
Every year a large proportion of juveniles are transferred to adult court and involve juveniles accused of murder, armed robbery, or another particularly violent felony.
The status of a convicted offender who has been conditionall…
The status of a convicted offender who has been conditionally released from prison by a proper authority before the expiration of his or her sentence, is placed under the supervision of an agency, and is required to observe the required conditions.
In a sample of 123 major limb amputations (arm above the elb…
In a sample of 123 major limb amputations (arm above the elbow or leg above the knee), the average hospital admittance was 11.3 days with a standard deviation of 4.2 days. a. Construct a 95% confidence interval for the mean hospital admittance. b. If a 99% confidence interval were constructed with these data, would it be wider or narrower than the interval constructed in part (a)? Explain.