What are the three general models used by prosecutors’ offices for prosecuting cases?

What will be an ideal response?


The horizontal model, the vertical model, and the mixed model of prosecution.

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A criminal network has places where participants congregate or "hang out" or places that welcome their patronage. According to the text, these hangouts are referred to as:

A) ?points of convergence. B) ?working class bars. C) ?elite night clubs. D) ?trade associations.

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A ________ seeks to excuse an entire pool of potential jurors

A) challenge to the jury panel B) challenge for cause C) challenge to the array D) peremptory challenge E) all of the above

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Retribution is concerned, simply, with punishing criminals on the basis of the __________ of their crimes

a. severity b. number c. location d. propensity

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In the case of People v. Ramos, the courts found that

A. house arrest for a pretrial detainee could not count as time served toward a conviction. B. GPS monitoring was constitutional and not a violation of one's Eighth Amendment. C. electronic monitoring was a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. D. community service could not be used as a sentence for felony offenders.

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