When making decisions about juvenile offenders, intake officers have:

a. no discretion.
b. much discretion.
c. only two choices, dismissal or juvenile court.
d. the same power as juvenile court judges.


b

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a. mediator b. bailiff c. referee d. prosecutor

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A. the exclusionary rule B. the inevitable discovery exception C. exigent circumstances D. mitigating circumstances

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a. Why society inflicts punishment b. Which punishments are acceptable in a civil society c. Which punishments are permissible for which crime d. All of the above

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