The consensus model is a criminal justice model in which:

a. the content of criminal law is determined by the groups that hold economic, political, and social power in a community.
b. a majority of citizens in society agree on what activities should be outlawed and punished as crimes.
c. specific social groups determine which deviant behaviors are to be defined as criminal.
d. the primary focus of law is to protect the individual from the power of government.


b

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________ involve(s) the use of undercover methods to control large-scale crime.

A. Crime analysis units B. Sting operations C. COMPSTAT D. SWAT teams

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Physical evidence stolen during the commission of a crime is:

A) Transferred evidence. B) Chain of evidence. C) Fruits of the crime. D) Instruments of a crime.

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Describes the authority of a court to hear cases first, try them, and render decisions

What will be an ideal response?

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Those procedures that effectively guarantee individual rights in the face of criminal prosecution are known as:

A) stare decisis. B) statutory law. C) the due process of law. D) jurisprudence.

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