Explain the difference between the formal and informal justice processes. What role does discretion play in each process?
What will be an ideal response?
• The formal criminal justice process is comprised of each step of the justice system working as an assembly line.
• Individual decision making, though the use of discretion, leads to the development of the informal criminal justice process.
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a. contractual association b. collective bargaining c. financial inquiry d. beneficial inquiry
Inherent impossibility is a defense to a charge of criminal attempt
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following criminologists is known, among other things, for his development of the panopticon?
a. Cesare Beccaria b. Cesare Lombroso c. Sigmund Freud d. Jeremy Bentham
Persons stopped by the police cannot be forced to answer questions, but can be forced to ____________ themselves
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word