State the role of the ATF National Tracing Center (NTC) and the activities it performs to fulfill that role

What will be an ideal response?


NTC establishes the "paper trail" that allows ATF to "trace" each firearm from its point of manufacture or importation to the point of its first retail sale. The NTC traces crime-connected firearms for federal, state, local, and international law enforcement By tracing firearms recovered by law enforcement authorities, ATF is able to discern patterns of names, locations, and weapon types. This information provides invaluable leads that aid in identifying persons engaged in the diversion of firearms into illegal commerce, links suspects to firearms in criminal investigations, identifies potential traffickers, and can detect intrastate, interstate, and international patterns in sources.

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a. State jail felony b. 3rd degree felony c. 2nd degree felony d. 1st degree felony

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Criminal justice can be viewed as a process that takes an offender through a series of decision points, beginning with arrest and concluding with reentry. Which of the following is an extralegal factor that critics argue may be involved in this process?

a. Offender's race b. Offender's prior record c. Seriousness of offense d. Available evidence

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Popular system is best defined as:

a. a mixed system of justice that calls for participation of citizens who are not necessarily criminal justice professionals b. a system of criminal justice whereby the public gets to vote on the length of offenders' sentences c. a mixed system of justice incorporating democracy with dictatorship d. another word for a democratic political system

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Between a stimulus and a response to a needed decision, there is a ________

A) metric B) transmission C) strategy D) reward E) space

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