The offender consistency hypothesis assumes that
a. the motives of different criminals who commit the same crime are the same
b. there are consistencies between the manner in which an offender carries out a crime on
one occasion and they way he carries out crimes on other occasions
c. even though an offender may commit various crimes, his basic motive is the same
d. none of the above
In 1892 Sir Francis Galton published his book Finger Prints, which represented the results of his collection of over _____ sets of prints in his Anthropological laboratories.
a. 1,000
b. 5,000
c. 8,000
d. 10,000
The meta-analysis conducted by Hanson, Gordon, and Harris (2002 ), that examined the effectiveness of psychological treatment for sexual offenders, found that the sexual re-offense rate was approx.
___ for the treatment group versus the comparison group of approx. 16. A. 18
B. 14
C. 12
D. 10
E. 8
Crime scenes which are baffling and contain peculiarities which serve no apparent purpose in the perpetration, are often the result of
a. staging
b. calling cards
c. fantasy actions
d. symbolic actions
Of those states that do allow hypnotically refreshed memory into evidence, a __________ approach is taken
a. preponderance of the evidence
b. totality-of-the-circumstances
c. clear and convincing balance of the evidence
d. beyond a reasonable doubt of the evidence
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