The requirements for a valid guilty plea apply:
a. only if the guilty plea is preceded by plea bargaining.
b. even if the plea does not does not conform to statutory requirements.
c. despite whether the plea resulted from threats or physical abuse, as long as the plea was understood.
d. regardless of whether plea bargaining actually took place.

Asociologist wants to study a culture that occurs in some women’s prisons: “state families,” in which individual prisoners take on certain roles within a group of like-minded prisoners. there is previous evidence that younger prisoners will use older inmates who play the roles of grandparents as a resource before they will turn to staff for and advice. the lieutenant in charge of a dorm of long-term prisoners offers to gather volunteers to speak to the researcher and also offers to vouch for the integrity of the researcher. the use of this staff is: a valid use of a statistical technique referred to “snowball sampling” wherein the inclusion of the first subject leads to the recruitment of another one subject. a useful tactic in obtaining a sample of prisoners who both meet the criteria and who will be honest with the researcher. wrong and is prohibited; subject selection needs to be free from intervention by prison authorities or prisoners. acceptable only when the researcher’s irb grants a special waiver.

Read the quote by jane addams. "the settlement then, is an experimental effort to aid in the solution of the social and industrial problems in a great city." which of the following best describes what addams meant by the settlement"? chicago immigration hull house the social gospel

Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the vice president, the president shall nominate a vice president who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both houses of congress