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

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Just being disadvantageous to a party does not make evidence inadmissible; the evidence must be ______________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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List and summarize the Four Elements of the Social Bond

What will be an ideal response?

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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

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