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The vast majority of criminal cases in the United States are disposed of through which of the following processes?

A) jury trials
B) plea bargaining
C) bench trials
D) vigilantism

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Match the following criminal justice models to the appropriate belief listed below.Answers may be used more than once. -Preventive detention should be used little,if at all.

A) Crime control model
B) Due process model

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Due process advocates recognize that there can be no equal justice where the kind of trial a person gets,or whether he or she gets a trial at all,depends substantially on:

Defendants can appeal their convictions on constitutional grounds,and three examples of constitutional grounds are listed below.Which of the following is not one of the constitutional grounds listed in your textbook?

In 2002,approximately how much did criminal and civil justice cost every resident of the United States (if the costs were divided evenly among all U.S.residents) ?

American criminal justice consists of three main agencies,which are listed below.Which of the following is NOT one of those three main agencies?

Assume that an arrest is made and the defendant is found guilty,number these steps in the order in which they occur in the criminal justice process.Numbers should be from 1 to 11. ____ Possible appeal ____ Either indictment by a grand jury followed by arraignment,or arraignment on an information ____ Formal charging of the suspect ____ Arrest ____ Preliminary hearing (for a felony) ____ Sentencing ____ Booking ____ Investigation ____ Initial appearance ____ Punishment ____ Either a plea bargain or a trial

To achieve "quick closure" in the processing of cases under the crime control model,a premium is placed on speed and finality.

An arrest is the seizing and detaining of a person by lawful authority.

Your text names three types of disturbances that received calls for police service in the Chicago,Illinois,police study.Which of the following is not one of these types of disturbances?

Often,an arrest supported by ____ and ____ is sufficient to close a case,especially with a less serious crime.

A suspect becomes a defendant after:

Define the three principal kinds of charging documents and when they are used.

A prosecutor always reviews a case before an arrest is made.