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| Aristotle: can we ____ someone ? at what ____ ? (how long do they have to ____ ?) Can we Change people (from bad to good?) Is there a higher justice than human justice? |
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| Forgive, Point, Pay. from 10/28/10 Lecture |
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| What is the Definition of a Norm? |
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| A "Rule" of behavior for a population - 10/28 |
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| What's an example of a norm of marriage? |
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| Monogamy, Male must be older, we choose who we want to marry - 10/28 lecture |
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| What's a norm of Hygiene? |
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| Circle is drawn on the board. If time is stopped what are most Americans doing? |
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| Conventional things, Obeying social norms: Watching tv, playing sports, showering lol - 10/28 |
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| If time was stopped, those who are violating the social norms are known as..? |
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| There's so many ways that people can be deviant, that most deviant behavior is ... |
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| What's the definition of "Social Control?" |
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| a system set up to enforce social norms |
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| do most societies have social control? |
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| Is Ridicule a very powerful social control mechanism? |
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| In fact, Ridicule is very important - 10/28 |
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| What's another powerful form of social control? |
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| one last Social Control mechanism (ps. this is a fav of Dr. Warr, and a useful mechanism used y the Amish) |
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| Shunning, a person becomes excluded from the entire community. No one talks to them. |
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| When the government steps in to Social Control, their contributions are called ... and their actions are trying to prevent, what? |
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| All forms of deviant behavior are Criminal. True or False? |
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| Extremely false, MOST deviant behavior isn't even close to being criminal - 10/28 |
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| we live in a (blank) society |
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| Liberal/Generous -- a society that's generous with FREEDOM as long as you're not hurting other people - 10/28 |
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| What are the 6 characteristics of A Criminal Justice System |
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| Fair, Effective, Fast, Intrusive, Humane, Expensive - 10/28 |
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| in Texas we have how many prisons? |
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| prisons in Texas are the most expensive expenditure the state spends on, T/F |
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| What's the key element to punishment? |
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| The earliest type of punishment was by who? What does "lex Talionas" mean? |
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| Babylonians, "eye for an eye" 11/16 |
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| The earliest death sentence occurred when? |
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| 16th Century BC (Egyptians) 11/16 |
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| What's the main difference between Contemporary punishment and old punishment? |
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| Modern: Time served, Old: Single act based on severity of crime - 11/16 |
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| The Romans showed a fondness for what? |
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| Unusual punishments as a lesson to others - 11/16 |
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| in the 3rd Century BC, Roman punishment received what? |
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| Classes & Crucifixion 11/16 |
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| In the 3rd Century AD, the Romans had a change in Law because they had too many what? |
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| Criminals in the bottom class 11/16 |
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| Explain "Trial by Ordeal" |
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| if you're right: God will protect you -> The accused was always found "guilty" - 11/16 |
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| The Spanish Inquisition targeted who? |
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| Jews who had converted to Catholicism 11/16 |
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| What could the Spanish Inquisitors NOT do, during their punishments? |
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| Women who were "Quarrelsome" or who were known to "Nag" to their husbands were thought to be ... |
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| List the tests for Witch confirmations |
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| Devil's mark, Weighed against the Bible, Rat in her direction, Hands bound to float in water 11/16 |
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| What does "Malleus Maleficarum" mean? |
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| This is latin for "Hammer of the witches" - 11/16 |
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| Which country was the first to give the alternate of being imprisoned? |
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| In England punishment, were commoners and the noble punished differently? |
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| After what war did the United States invent the prison? |
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| After the American Revolution (1776) - 11/23 |
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| What was the name of the first Jail, ever, in the entire world? |
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| Walnut Street Gaol -in Philadelphia - 11/23 |
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| Up until the '50s, in Texas, inmates weren't allowed to do what? |
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| Why did prisons become invented right after the Revolutionary war? |
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| Because we had just won our freedom. The ability to take away freedom was the best punishment - 11/23 |
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| Currently, in the US, we have how many people in prisons? |
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| 1.6 Million. Highest per/capita than any other society in the world -11/23 |
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| how many people were in prison in '80? This number would rise to 1.6 Million by '10 |
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| Why did the number of people in prison jump so steeply in the '80s? |
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| Crack Cocaine & the war on drugs - 11/23 |
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| What's the leading cause of death in prisons today? |
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| how much does the state spend per/year on each inmate? |
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| True or False: Private prisons pay attention to the constitutional rights of inmates |
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| completely and utterly false - 11/23 |
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| What's the name of the prison in Huntsville, Texas? |
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| True or False: there's more deaths in prison today than in the past? |
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| are we gradually turning our prisons into hospitals? how? |
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| yes we are. because inmates are literally growing old in prisons - 11/23 |
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| if Warr let EVERYONE out of prison, how much would crime go up? |
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| from 10-20% - not too much - 11/23 |
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| Which prisons are better? Federal or State? |
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| Federal prisons are much better than state prisons - 11/23 |
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| an inmate from Cali who wrote several books about prison life - 11/23 |
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| What's the purpose of prison? (answer = a deeply sociological term) |
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| Resocializaton - to resocialize human: to strip them of their human ID & Values, and replace them - 11/23 |
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| Are prisons the only entities which resocialize people? |
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| nope! Military, Greeks, Church, Cults, Drug Rehab, Law Schools (lol)-11/23 |
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| What's the #1 way to resocialize someone? you take away their.. |
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| Most powerful names for Men/Women? |
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| Men: William, Women: Elizabeth - 11/23 |
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| Common names for Men/Women |
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| Men: Michael, Women: Sarah |
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| Name a few mechanisms for resocialization |
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| Name, What you wear, hair style, limiting contact with people who knew you before you joined, deprivation of sleep - 11/23 |
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| What's the Irony with prisons? |
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| The system is supposed to "Resocialize," but instead you go in to become an even worse criminal - 11/23 |
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| What are the inmate/Convict codes? |
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| Set of rules for behaving in prison- 11/23 |
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| what do women do to the family structure in prison? |
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| What are the 3 rules for surviving in prison |
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| #1 don't snitch! #2 don't hang around the guards #3 do your own time and mind your own business - 11/23 |
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| Edwin Sutherland wrote a book called what? and in what year? |
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| White collar crime, in '39 10/26 |
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| according to sutherland, a white collar crime is what? |
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| A crime committed by a person of respectability & high school status in the course of higher occupation 10/26 |
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| What are the 6 types of White collar crime? |
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| Price Fixing, Bid Rigging, Kickbacks, Employee larceny, false repairs and short changing |
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| In price fixing, producers do what? |
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| Conspire to set their prices high, instead of competing 10/26 |
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| how many criminal justice systems are in this country? |
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| what's the funnel effect? |
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| starts out with thousands of arrests & a few people are left at the end of the process" |
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| Why is there such a big drop from "Arrests" to "those Charged" in the justice system? |
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| what are the three possible stages after an arrest? |
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| Bench Trial, Plea Bargain & Jury Trial |
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| What are the good things that come out of plea bargains? |
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| Prosecutor: gets prosecutions for later elections, Judge: saves money for the court, Defense: gets lesser punishment |
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| what would happen to the system if we gave everyone a trial ? |
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| the system would collapse |
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| usually, sentencings happen very fast. True/ False |
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| so according to the math we did in class, what are the chances of you getting caught by the American Criminal Justice System? |
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| 1/4 chance .. it actually may be lower due to the dark figures of crime |
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| We're the only people who use what type of punishment? |
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| the certainty of punishment is too high/low? |
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| What's the first thing that happens during a crime? |
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| what happens after the crime is committed? |
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| it is reported to the police (even though the majority don't report to the police) |
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| what happens after the crime is reported to the police? |
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| The investigation prior to arrest |
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| in the investigation prior to arrest, what are the 2 things police do? |
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| Determine: whether a crime took place, and Try : to locate a suspect |
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| Forensic evidence is rarely used to find a suspect: true or false |
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| extremely true! that sh*t's from tv |
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| what are the two prime ways the cops locate a suspect |
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| a) identified by a victim/witness, b) police arrive quickly enough to catch the suspect |
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| Police are trained to prioritize what over everything else? (when responding to calls) |
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| Imminent Danger - time elapsed & seriousness of the offense |
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now: ?
recent: ?
Old: ?
(when referring to police prioritizing) |
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| now: under 15 mins, recent: 15 mins - 1 hr, old: 1 hr |
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| what's the highest priority distress call that's not listed? |
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| officers use what techniques to stop people who are fighting |
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| Tazers, Pepper Spray, Ton-Foh, "Control-Holds" |
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| what happens after the investigation prior to arrest? (lol duh come on) |
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| After the arrest, where is the detainee taken? |
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| downtown for booking (this is where he gets put into the system) |
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| After the arrested has been taken downtown, they later appear in front of a judge for ... |
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| What happens at an initial appearance? |
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| the judge tells you what you've been charged with |
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| who looks at your case, if you're arrested |
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| Prosecutor/ District Attorney |
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| what happens at a preliminary hearing (in front of the judge) - the judge answers two questions |
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| 1) did a crime occur? 2) did this suspect/person commit that crime? |
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| what's the standard of proof for these cases? |
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| probable cause: very weak standard of evidence |
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| what are the two choices for the prosecutor after the preliminary hearing? |
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| Information (document that shows that you've been charged with a crime) & Grand Jury |
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| what are the two results of a grand jury? |
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| what finally happens at an Arraignment ? |
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| we finally hear from the defendant - almost all defendants say they're guilty |
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| Jury Trials begin with what? (one word) |
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| Impanelment, citizens are contacted by the court to meet and be sworn in as prospective jurors |
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| what does "Voir Dire" mean? |
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| "To speak the truth" - this is when prospective jurors are being evaluated |
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| what is "Excuse for cause?" |
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| when a juror is dismissed because he/she has been found biased or incompetent |
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| what's "peremptory challenge?" |
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| the prosecution or defense dismissed a juror w/o a reason. judge determines how many of these they get |
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| over recent years, this process has become more... what? |
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| who picked OJ Simpson's jury |
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| what's the last thing the jury hears? |
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| what project occurred where researchers attempted to understand jury deliberations |
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| the univ of chicago jury project |
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| because of the Univ. of Chicago jury project, you can no longer do what in a courtroom? |
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| fake trial done for research |
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| he's the "captain" of the jury.. it's usually based on socio-economic status, sex, or their position at the table |
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| Votes by juries are usually unanimous)(50/50 ? |
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| you can predict the outcome of a jury, with 90 percent accuracy, from the ... |
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| a jury that can't reach a unanimous decision |
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| what the most important thing that jurors look for ? |
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| people's self confidence (also: eye contact, fidgeting) |
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| is it easy to tell is people are lying? |
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| kids start lying at what age? what age are they good enough to fool their parents? |
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| what's the difference between ascribed characteristics & attractiveness? |
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| ascribed: handicap, race, gender, tallness; attractiveness |
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| a book filled with the pictures of past offenders |
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| the way cops tie/link crimes that occur the same way |
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| what's the single most common way to get arrested in the US |
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| what happened in Furman v. Georgia? |
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| Capitol Punishment declared unconstitutional; lowered to "life" in prison |
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| Changed the laws of the death penalty; it was then limited to cases which involved murder |
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