Which one of the following is not an option for handling the arrested person that may be statutorily available to an arresting officer after an arrest?
a. Conduct a desk sergeant’s hearing
b. Cite and release on a written promise to appear
c. Take before a magistrate or book into jail
d. Release with no further action, per PC 849(b)
a. Conduct a desk sergeant’s hearing
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Punitive policies vastly increase the use of all forms of corrections. 2. We have proportionately more crimes these days than at any other period in our history. 3. Offenders sentenced to prison have more than quadrupled from 1980 to 2009. 4. Our use of corrections is greatly in sync with what most other countries are doing.
It is conceivable that sometime in the future the entire juvenile justice system could be eliminated entirely.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
More than _____ of all married couples with school-age children (ages 6 to 17) have both parents working outside the home
a. one half b. one quarter c. nine tenths d. two-thirds
Typically a defendant who pleads guilty may raise on appeal only issues relating to _______
a. the jurisdiction of the trial court b. the voluntariness and factual basis of the plea of guilty c. the legality, and in some instances the reasonableness, of the sentence imposed d. the defendant can raise any of these issues.