The use of personal decision making and choice in carrying out official duties in the criminal justice system is called _______

a. decision making
b. discretion
c. flexibility
d. unconstitutional


b

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What will be an ideal response?

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The Chimel v. California (1969) case established the doctrine and limits of:

a. search incident to an arrest b. vehicle searches c. consent searches d. the good-faith exception

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The goal of evaluation research is

A) Different than the goal of other types of social science research B) Primarily the same as the goal for all social science research C) To cut as many programs as possible in order to save the government millions of dollars D) None of the above

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Which of the following is one of the three landmark cases in which the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty by approving guided-discretion statutes?

A. Powell v. Alabama B. Roper v. Simmons C. Furman v. Georgia D. Gregg v. Georgia

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