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The criminal justice process is engaged when a person is arrested.    

Today, very few prison inmates, and no jail inmates, are involved in productive work programs.    

Although costs vary widely across jurisdictions, the average cost of housing an inmate in prison is ________ per year.             

The first private security contract operation in America was established by Allan Pinkerton, whose logo of an open eye probably inspired the term ‘private eye.’ 

Prosecutors have immunity from prosecution for actions taken in their official capacity.  

America’s court system consists of a national system of federal courts as well as 50 state court systems, plus those in the District of Columbia and U.S. territories.  

The U.S. system of criminal justice is intended to function, and indeed does function in all respects, like a “well-oiled machine

Despite the pathway of an offender through the justice system typically being viewed as horizontal in nature (with the exception of the wedding cake model), there are many points where an offender can take a vertical pathway out of the system.   

Closely associated with equal employment opportunity is the practice of:   

In recent years, people involved with courtroom matters have become much less friendly and less well-behaved.