Summarize the effects of plea bargaining on the Court
What will be an ideal response?
The court is not bound to accept a plea agreement. In deciding whether to accept the bargain, the Court weighs the sometimes competing interests of the agreement and the public interest. Thus, if accepting a plea agreement poses a significant risk to the public say, because a dangerous criminal will be spared prison and placed on probation then the Court has the discretion to deny it.
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According to the author of this book, as far as the prison system is concerned, the period encompassing the past 40-50 years can be described as the era of:
a. rehabilitation b. warehousing c. work and education training d. the silent system
Just being disadvantageous to a party does not make evidence inadmissible; the evidence must be ______________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
List and summarize the Four Elements of the Social Bond
What will be an ideal response?
The growing number of institutions in most state prison systems has enhanced the trend toward ______ in corrections.
a. vocationalism b. vigilantism c. education d. professionalization