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Evvie72

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Rational choice theorists believe the best way to deter crime is to:
 
  a. increase the severity of the punishment for offending.
  b. provide counseling and treatment for those individuals at risk for offending.
  c. establish programs to strengthen communities.
  d. divert juvenile offenders from the criminal justice system.

Question 2

Explain what discretion is and how it creates two different criminal justice systems.
 
  What will be an ideal response?


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javimendoza7

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Reply #1 on: Aug 17, 2018
Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

Discretion is the ability of individuals to make operational decisions based on personal judgment instead of formal rules or official information. A formal criminal justice system is when participants follow formal rules to create smoothly functioning disposition of cases from arrest to punishment. There is little room for discretion in the formal criminal justice process. The informal criminal justice process recognizes the informal authority exercised by individuals at each step of the criminal justice process. This system lends itself to the use of discretion by those making the decisions.


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Reply 2 on: Aug 17, 2018
:D TYSM

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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