Individual character, institutional culture, and societal (systemic) pressures on the police have all been suggested as explanations for:

a. police use of excessive force
b. the police subculture
c. police discretion
d. police corruption


d. police corruption

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Deteriorating neighborhoods attract law violators; this phenomenon is known as the relative deprivation hypothesis.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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The U.S. Supreme Court has held that prosecutors are not personally liable for misconduct in presenting a case.

True or False

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Laws that require offenders to serve a substantial proportion of their sentence before being released is known as:

a. truth-in-sentencing laws. b. mandatory sentencing laws. c. indeterminate sentencing laws. d. determinate sentencing laws. e. good time laws.

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