The primary reason for the adoption of sentencing guidelines was to

a. give judges more discretion
b. control judicial discretion.
c. make sentences more lenient.
d. give prosecutors more discretion.


b

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If a researcher is evaluating a foot patrol program and they want to know if it has reduced the fear of crime, they are engaging in:

a. process evaluation b. impact assessment c. normative evaluation d. policy analysis

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Financial renumeration for losses incurred is called ___; and the payment of money or services by offenders to crime victims is called ____:

a. Compensation; restitution b. Restitution; compensation c. Wites and bots d. None of the above

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Which of the following items is specifically identified as a "deadly weapon" according to the definition contained in the Texas Penal Code?

A) baseball bat B) firearm C) automobile D) chain saw

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A set of instructions or statements, and related data, that when executed in actual or modified form, causes a computer, computer system, or computer network to perform specified functions is called a(n)

a. program b. system c. software d. data e. a and c

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