Peter was able to pick a guy who looked like his assailant out of a _____. When he was told that this was very helpful to the detectives working the case, Peter felt _____ certain that he remembered his attacker well.

Peter was able to pick a guy who looked like his assailant out of a _____. When he was told that this was very helpful to the detectives working the case, Peter felt _____ certain that he remembered his attacker well.

Involuntary civil commitment is based on what:

Research on possible errors in death penalty cases has examined every capital case in the United States over a 22-year period (Liebman et al., 2000). It was found that 68% of death sentences were reversed because of serious errors at trial. All of the following were found to be the sources of these errors, EXCEPT:

John was summoned for jury duty. He came to court and asked to be excused because he had to take care of his elderly and frail mother living with him and requiring near-constant supervision. According to the text, what he used is called the ____ plea.

To hospitalize someone against his or her will, most states now require that certain conditions be met. Which of the following is NOT one of these conditions?

Civil commitments are based on the state’s parens patria power. As a result, they are defined not as _____ but as a way to _____.

To hospitalize someone against his or her will, most states now require that certain conditions be met. Which of the following is NOT one of these conditions?

In Kansas v. Hendricks (1997), the Supreme Court ruled that sexually violent predator civil commitment laws did NOT violate double jeopardy. Double jeopardy means that:

The lists used by jury commissioners to summon people for jury duty often underrepresent all of the following categories of people, EXCEPT: