Identify and explain the various political styles of prosecutors within the courtroom work group.

What will be an ideal response?


A prosecutor may choose one of several political styles in working within a courtroom workgroup. The choice depends on the satisfaction or dissatisfaction of the prosecutor with office's status in the courthouse community and the prosecutor's perception of the value of conflict. Prosecutors satisfied with the status of the office adopt the office-conservator style. Officer conservators accept the status quo and seek continuity. Prosecutors who are dissatisfied with the status quo may choose the courthouse insurgents-style, using conflict as a tool for change. Policy reformers are also dissatisfied with the status quo but seek change through more conciliatory means.

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Which of the following means “let the buyer beware”?

A. caveat emptor B. laissez-faire C. Machiavellianism D. Sarbanes–Oxley Act

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Gottfredson favors creating a less coercive society in which people’s human needs are given priority by government policies. 2. Hagan argues that in patriarchal homes, daughters are more likely to engage in crime because of the excessive control placed upon them. 3. Individuals with high self-control are more likely to be victimized. 4. Gottfredson and Hirschi argued that self-control changed over the life course. 5. Expressive support might include giving high fives, telling people good job, and listening when someone needs to talk.

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A correctional officer who likes to give orders and seems to enjoy the feeling of power that comes from ordering inmates around is called a(n) ________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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