Case overload has been linked to all of the following situations except

a. prosecutors charge only slam dunk cases in minor/non-violent incidents.
b. prosecutors negotiate reduced sentences unnecessarily.
c. police officers are too eager to obtain confessions in lieu of other evidence.
d. closure rates rise.


D

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What will be an ideal response?

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Which of the following is used as an alternative to incarceration and designed for those offenders, in the absence of IPS, would have been sentences to imprisonment, or for inmates who otherwise would not be paroled?

a. Individual probation services b. Individual parole services c. Intensive probation/parole supervision d. None of the above

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What would have been necessary for North Carolina to be able to claim sole jurisdiction?

a. If the stores Quick robbed had no commercial activity across state lines b. If Damon Quick had not used the money he stole to purchase goods from these stores c. If the gun Quick used in the robberies had not been purchased in another state d. If North Carolina officials had not cooperated with federal authorities

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