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decide who is arrested. have to use their judgement
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police discretion
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the process of legal negotiation that allows an accused person to plead guilty to a lesser charge in return for a lighter sentence
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plea bargaining
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the term for repeated criminal behavior
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recidivism
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murder, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assult is the smallest %
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violent crimes
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burglary larcery, motor vehicle theft, and arson. more common than crimes of violent
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crime against property
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crimes like prostitution illegal gambling, illegal drug use and vagrancy are classisfied as victimless crimes
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victimless crime
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offenses committed by individulas of high social status in the course of their professional lives
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white collar crime
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large scale organization of professional criminals that controls some vice or business
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organized crime
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90% if all cases is decided through plea bargains
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courts
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retribution, deterrence, rehabilitation, social protection
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corrections
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offenders younger than 18
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juvenile-justice system
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this is the practice of assuming that nonwhite americans are more likely to commit crime than white americans
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racial profiling
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the ------- hold the most immediate control over who is arrested for a criminal act
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police
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