Which is not a good reason for issuing citations rather than arresting individuals?
A) Police prefer to arrest individuals to keep prisons and jails full at all times.
B) It is unreasonable to subject individuals to the inconvenience of an arrest for a minor offense.
C) An arrest consumes the time and energy of the criminal justice system.
D) Permitting arrests for minor crimes allows police to profile minorities and arrest people pretextually for minor offenses who they suspect are engaged in more serious offenses.
A) Police prefer to arrest individuals to keep prisons and jails full at all times.
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a. over-aggressive policing b. marijuana abuse c. drinking and deteriorating job performance d. rationalization
The purpose of three-strikes laws is to incarcerate repeat offenders for long periods of time, removing them from the population so they cannot reoffend. This is called ______.
A. compensatory damages B. rehabilitation C. incapacitation D. restitution
It is a common practice to use ______ of juveniles as a basis for the development of delinquency prevention programs.
A. unofficial profiles B. metadata C. official profiles D. self-reports