What is the primary societal purpose for the rules and practices of the criminal justice system?
A) to ensure no crime occurs
B) to make it difficult to convict a person charged with a crime
C) to strike a careful balance between maintaining public order and protecting individual freedoms
D) to restrict abuse of police power in the name of crime prevention
E) to protect crime victims
C
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a. Democratic political systems b. Authoritarian political systems c. Totalitarian political systems d. Elitist political systems e. All of the above
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A. gatekeeping B. corporate media C. consumer indicator D. clickbait
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A. a reassertion of national identity B. standardization of geographical place names C. public referendum instituting change in society D. decolonization