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The public can participate in reviewing police actions from the outside by serving on a(n) ______.

Officers ______ are in the best position to make immediate informed decisions regarding suspects and potential lawbreaking.

Nour has detained a suspect on drug-related charges. She has threatened the suspect with arrest unless they give her money and information leading to where more drugs can be obtained. She has also planned to meet with the suspect a second time for additional payment and more drugs. Nour is acting as a ______ in this situation.

Psychologists describe the phenomenon by which people evaluate others based on their similarity to themselves as ______ attitudes.

Unconscious bias and overt racism differ from ______ racism.

Why do some attorneys hesitate to take on pro bono work?

Ingrid is called a witness in a trial. The defendant is a friend of hers, so she fudges her recollection slightly, claiming that she “can’t remember” if the defendant was present the night of the crime, even though she remembers very well. Ingrid’s testimony is an example of ______.

President Mandela of South Africa tried to avoid ______ of former apartheid leaders by setting up the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in the mid-1990s.

______ courts check to see that the presiding trial judge applied the law correctly.

Most European countries have a(n) ______ justice system.