Which of the following occurs when a defendant agrees to plead guilty in exchange for a less serious sentence?
A) Nolo contendere
B) Charge bargaining
C) Sentence bargaining
D) Plea acceptance
C
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A legal factor used by a judge in sentencing would be:
A) one's gender. B) one's race. C) one's ethnicity. D) one's prior record.
What happened as probation officers became more professionalized?
A. They saw a decrease in pay. B. They were more likely to be recruited from the law enforcement community. C. They became less likely to focus on rehabilitation. D. They were more likely to be recruited from churches.
Which of the following is not a key feature of the Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy (CAPS)?
A) Use of random moving patrol cars to deter crime. Officers assigned to different beats and watches so that they can better address crime problems for a larger geographic responsibility. B) Thorough evaluation, strategic planning, and organizational change. The CPS program is being evaluated by a consortium of four major Chicago-area universities as well as a variety of internal evaluations focusing on officer attitude, morale, and community perception. C) Structured response to calls for police service which frees officers from continuous demands of 911 calls for service D) Combined community and city resources for crime prevention and control. CAPS assumes that police alone cannot solve the crime problem and that they depend on the community and other city agencies to achieve success.
Ehrlich's research purported to prove that
a. each execution deterred seven or eight murders b. each execution contributed to an additional seven or eight murders c. each execution deterred 17 or 18 murders d. each execution contributed to an additional 17 or 18 murders