Discretion by police officers occurs during the first four stages of the criminal justice process. In order, what are those stages?

A. Initial contact, arrest, charging, custody
B. Initial contact, investigation, arrest, charging
C. Initial contact, investigation, arrest, custody
D. Initial contact, arrest, investigation, charging


Answer: C

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Which of the following statements best describes the objective test for entrapment?

A. It is entrapment if the conduct of the police creates a substantial risk that the offense will be committed by a person normally not ready to commit it. B. It is entrapment if the defendant’s predisposition is not such that he or she was waiting for the opportunity to commit the crime. C. It is entrapment if the defendant has no criminal record when the police make the offer that induces the defendant to become engaged in a crime. D. Both A and B describe the objective test for entrapment.

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A life course persister is an offender who follows the most common delinquent trajectory, in which antisocial behavior peaks in adolescence and then diminishes

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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In order to separate children who exhibited criminal tendencies from criminal adults, the child savers opened a number of institutions, most notably

a. the Walnut Street Jail. b. the House of Refuge. c. the Elmira Training School. d. the New York School for Correction.

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Entrapment is covered by the Constitution in the Tenth Amendment

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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