Explain the difference between the formal and informal justice processes. What role does discretion play in each process?
What will be an ideal response?
? The formal criminal justice process is comprised of each step of the justice system working as an assembly line.
• Individual decision making, though the use of discretion, leads to the development of the informal criminal justice process.
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Perpetrators of anti-gay victimization often consider the victims to be an "abomination" as defined by the Biblical chapter of Leviticus, or as being unnatural and violators of :
a. God's law b. Man's law c. Nature's law d. None of the above
Most psychological concepts and theories are based on ______.
A. Freudian treatment B. Euro-American contexts C. multicultural research D. diverse samples
Which of the following is NOT a "robbery pattern"?
A) Robbery persons of employed in positions placing them in charge of money or goods B) Robbery in open areas C) Robbery after preliminary association of short duration D) Robbery in nighttime hours
A classification system for various types of crises can facilitate each of the following EXCEPT ________.
a. More accurate prediction of natural disasters
b. More effective positioning of resources
c. The development of public policy
d. More focused research efforts