Exam 3: The Criminal Justice System.

The criminal justice "wedding cake" layers reflect differences in how crimes are prioritized.Based on these priorities,which statement best reflects a summary of these layers?​

Which of the following is true concerning the criminal justice system and the U.S.Constitution?​

Congress has refused to expand the powers of the FBI.

Explain why discretion is such an important component of the criminal justice system.Could the American criminal justice system exist without discretion?Why or why not?​

The U.S.Constitution explicitly includes criminal justice among the powers of the federal government.

The procedure by which an administrative record is made of the arrest is called a(n)____________________.

According to Cole and Smith,which of the following is not a goal of the criminal justice system?​

Ethan was arrested for public drunkenness and lewd and lascivious behavior after attending his close friend's bachelor party. This is his first encounter with the criminal justice system. He works as a project manager with a local construction company.Ethan has been involved with his girlfriend for three years. His attorney has reached an agreement with the prosecutor to reduce his sentence to probation. -Ethan agrees to a sentence of 18 months' probation.His sentence will be served under what agency of the criminal justice system?​

What impact does the federal budget have on the FBI?​

Ethan was arrested for public drunkenness and lewd and lascivious behavior after attending his close friend's bachelor party. This is his first encounter with the criminal justice system. He works as a project manager with a local construction company.Ethan has been involved with his girlfriend for three years. His attorney has reached an agreement with the prosecutor to reduce his sentence to probation. -Ethan was arrested for public drunkenness and lewd and lascivious behavior.In order for this arrest to occur,the officer had to have​

List and describe the 13 steps in the decision-making process.

The three major goals of the three components (police,courts,and corrections)of the American criminal justice system are _________________________.

Explain how law enforcement,courts,and corrections work together to form the criminal justice system.Explain the duties of each subsystem.

Explain how plea bargaining is an exchange within the criminal justice system.

What layer of the criminal justice "wedding cake" involves celebrated cases resulting in a jury trial that are highly unusual with great public attention?​

There is no evidence of racism in the way society asks the criminal justice system to operate.

When the U.S.Constitution was ratified in 1788-1789,it contained few references to criminal justice.

____________________ profiling occurs when police officers disproportionately stop people of color more than whites.

Courts are responsible for ________,or determining whether the defendant is guilty or not guilty.

Criminal justice in the United States is highly decentralized.