A police officer who stops a speeding vehicle and chooses to issue a warning rather than write a traffic ticket is using ________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


discretion

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The list of grand jury members is known as the:

a. Venire b. Compilation c. Corpus d. Selection

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Psychoactive stimulants such as methamphetamine and cocaine or the hallucinogen PCP (known as "angel dust") produce an on-edge frame of mind and a social paranoia that can potentially lead to:

a. suicide b. more incidences of property crime c. violent behavior d. dysfunctional behavior within society

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Challengers to the legitimacy of capital punishment have built their case against the death penalty by the ambiguous language of the Fifth and Sixth Amendments

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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According to social structure theories, the root cause of crime can be directly traced to a. individual socialization

b. socioeconomic disadvantages that have become embedded in American society. c. lower-class mistrust of social control institutions. d. the lack of political power within the under-class.

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