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The starting point for the criminal justice system is:

Due to westward expansion of Americans outside of established colonies (wilderness), the West experienced a quite different law enforcement scenario than either the South or the North.

In Pre-Module # 1, one item discusses how students respond to grades.  From that Pre-Module item, which of the following statements is TRUE?

In the Monograph, the section  “Values, Ethics, and Understanding in Criminal Justice Coursework and the World Beyond” is based on the work of which author?

Both the Federal and State court structures have a court of last resort.

The first modern police force was formed in ___________ in _________.

According to the Monograph, is the following statement true or false:  “The police report is the basis of the entire criminal justice evidentiary chain.”

The text lists four intermediate sanctions administered in the community.  Which one of the following is not one of those sanctions?

The underlying assumption of institutional corrections is that the offender is not safe to serve time in the community.

Punishment inflicted on a person who has harmed others and so deserves to be punished is called incapacitation.