Attila Hunn was arrested for killing his parents. At the time of the arrest, he was charged with first-degree murder, a crime that carries a mandatory life sentence. Just prior to Hunn's trial, his attorney counseled him to plead guilty to manslaughter, which would let Hunn out of prison in ten years. This strategy is an example of:
a. informal justice
b. plea bargaining
c. primary deviance
d. secondary deviance
Question 2The first televised presidential debate took place in 1960 between
a. Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy
b. Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale
c. Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower
d. Bill Clinton and George Bush
Question 3The process in which a person who is charged with a crime agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge is called:
a. informal justice
b. mandatory sentencing
c. plea bargaining
d. secondary deviance
Question 4Interactionists take the position that political institutions are
a. temporary
b. socially constructed
c. the result of power struggles
d. functional for society
Question 5The probability that a person who has served a jail term will commit additional crimes and be jailed again is called:
a. backsliding
b. recidivism
c. recrimination
d. retrogression
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