Most Decisions in the Criminal Justice Process Are Made by

question 48

Multiple Choice

Most decisions in the criminal justice process are made by

• A) professionals and those outside the system
• B) prison administrators and inmates
• C) offenders and victims
• D) police officers and law makers

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Definitions:

Nonimportation Associations

Groups formed by American colonists before the American Revolution to boycott goods imported from Britain, aiming to put economic pressure on Britain to repeal unpopular legislation.

Stamp Act

A 1765 law passed by the British Parliament requiring all legal documents, newspapers, and other papers in the American colonies to bear a tax stamp, leading to widespread protest.

Colonial Merchants

Traders and business people operating in the colonial period, often involved in the exchange of goods between the colonies and the mother country.