Unit 4 Assessment

Question 3

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   Limited prosecution resources

   Lack of motivation to pursue a case

   Desire to win

   Case brought to prosecutor’s attention by police or victim

   Victim/offender race

   Victim/offender sex

   A.	In general, prosecution is more likely when the offender is nonwhite and the victim is white
   B.	The possible lack of resources to charge offenders accused of minor crimes due to excess of serious crimes
   C.	Prosecutors hate to lose, and a burning desire to secure a conviction can influence a charging decision
   D.	Particularly true of domestic violence cases, in which the government sometimes hesitates to intervene in family affairs
   E.	Citizen-invoked complaints of domestic violence stand a slim change of producing criminal charges because of their lower visibility
   F.	In domestic violence cases, charges are more likely to be filed against male rather than female perpetrators