Designed as a Substitute for Lengthy and Expensive Court Adjudication

question 41

Multiple Choice

Designed as a substitute for lengthy and expensive court adjudication.

• A) Administrative Office of Courts
• B) Pro se litigation
• C) Twice-victimization
• D) Paternalism perspective
• E) Court manager
• F) American Judicature Society
• G) Rape shield laws
• H) Chivalry hypothesis
• I) Legislature
• J) Alternative dispute resolution

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Definitions:

Availability Heuristic

A mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to a person's mind when evaluating a specific topic, concept, method or decision.

Availability Heuristic

A cognitive shortcut based on quick examples that pop into one's mind while assessing a particular subject, idea, strategy, or choice.

Acquittal

A legal judgment that a person is not guilty of the crime with which they have been charged.

Representativeness Heuristic

A cognitive shortcut that involves making judgments about the probability of an event under uncertainty, based on how much it resembles available prototypes.