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Why are victims considered the first "Gatekeepers" of the criminal justice system?



What did the Wickersham Report study?

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Answer: They tell if the crime has accured
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- They are considered gatekeepers because they make the initial decision of wether or not they think a crime has occurred, then they make they decision to report the act to the system if they think a law was broken.

-The Wickersham Report studies “the administration of justice”
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