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Scientific techniques to investigate crime, such as those shown on CSI, are frequently use in most cases.

Jails hold all of the following EXCEPT:

Our use of plea bargaining in the U.S. is a good representation of an adversarial process. 

The prosecutor’s office has a lot of discretion. Which of the following is NOT an example of a decision that they hold the power over:

Lucy is an offender who burglarized Joe’s business recently. Under a restorative justice model, Lucy would do all of the following EXCEPT:

Which of the following does NOT help to explain the rise in correctional supervision populations in the U.S. from the 1990s to now? 

This is the main policing strategy that most police agencies across the U.S. say that they use:

Women represent the fastest growing prison population by rate of growth. 

Roughly 50% of cases are settled via plea bargain.

The type of defense counsel that a defendant has matters. While conviction rates are typically __________ regardless of type of defense lawyer, of those who were found guilty, incarceration rates and sentence lengths are typically ___________for those with privately paid for defense attorneys.