Explain the difference between the formal and informal justice processes. What role does discretion play in each process?

What will be an ideal response?


The formal criminal justice process is comprised of each step of the justice system working as an assembly line.Individual decision making, through the use of discretion, leads to the development of the informal criminal justice process.

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What will be an ideal response?

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a. Whites b. Native Americans c. Women d. African-Americans and Latinos

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What will be an ideal response?

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