Which of the following is an advantage of probation?

A. It lowers the rate of decarceration.
B. It provides for the rehabilitation of an offender while saving society the costs of incarceration.
C. It facilitates recidivism.
D. It controls wrongdoers by suspending their constitutional rights and removing them from the community.


Answer: B

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Which of the following statements about the use of the criminal law to respond to white collar crime is true?

a. There is fairly uniform agreement that it is the most effective form of response b. It is especially effective in response to corporate crime, as it was originally developed to deal with organizations c. It has been less widely applied from the 1970s on d. It has been criticized by some as either inappropriate or ineffective

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A search of an arrested person made contemporaneously with the arrest is a search ____________ to arrest

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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What is normally the principal objective in deploying personnel during the initial stages of an unusual occurrence?

a. Arrest all known offenders. b. Deploy available personnel and equipment rapidly to prevent escalation of the incident or aggravation of the circumstances. c. Contact the media to hel

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Reasonable means a. logical

b. justifiable. c. sensible. d. logical, justifiable, and sensible. e. none of these choices.

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