Public opinion polls have found that a majority of people have a high opinion of police.

Overall, 90% of people who had contact with the police believed that the police acted properly.

Search and Seizure is one act.

Most people think that prisons are run by authoritarian guards using power as a means to compliance and order, however, the text reveals that in reality, correctional officers power is limited by all but one of the following.

Plainly said, prosecutors are the most powerful decision-makers in the criminal justice system and largely determines the defendant’s fate.

Police use of force typically occurs in the upper end of the force spectrum.

Prosecutors have more discretion and more independence than most other public officials.

Choose the most accurate response:  In the adversarial process, the ________ represents the public/people, and the ___________ represents the _____________.

Due to westward expansion of Americans outside of established colonies (wilderness), the West experienced a quite different law enforcement scenario than either the South or the North.

Punishment inflicted on a person who has harmed others and so deserves to be punished is called incapacitation.