Discretion by police officers occurs during the first four stages of the criminal justice process. In order, what are those stages?

a. Initial contact, arrest, charging, custody
b. Initial contact, investigation, arrest, charging
c. Initial contact, investigation, arrest, custody
d. Initial contact, arrest, investigation, charging


c

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. After a lengthy evaluation in 2003, a new D.A.R.E. curriculum was introduced in 44 cities in 2006. 2. It is a common myth that gang membership is based on a “blood-in, blood-out” process, meaning that it is not easy to leave a gang and that any attempts to do so may leave the “quitter” either dead or seriously injured. 3. Only 1 of the 10 gang members actually stays in a gang for 4 years or more. 4. Jeffrey Fagan identified 10 types of gang typologies based on his work in multiple urban areas. 5. Cooperate gangs pursue illegal activities in more than one country are especially prominent on both sides of the Mexico–U.S. border.

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The term used to describe actions by judges that influence the plea bargaining process is _________inducement

Fill in the blank with correct word.

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Random selection refers to a sampling strategy when every element of a population is known and has an independent chance of being selected into the sample. This does not mean though that there is NO control over the sampling method. When there is no control over the sampling method, the sample would not be truly random. In such cases, probability sampling can be confused with a ______ method of sampling.

A. stratified B. haphazard C. disproportionate D. systematic

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Someone who was lured into committing a crime by the government can use the defense of ____________________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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