OR . (2) How the chapters painted a picture of a criminal justice system where decision making was different from how you had initially thought? . In answering the question, please refer to specific parts of these chapters. Decisions in Criminal Justice "When a crime occurs, the event may or may not be reported to the police...when a crime is reported, a complex sequence of decisions may ensue." Gottfredson and Gottfredson, 1998, p. 1 Decisions in Criminal Justice . A report to the police of a robbery may be the stimulus for decisions such as... - Should a police car be dispatched? - Should the event be regarded as an offense? - Should an arrest be made? - Should an offender be released or held pre-trial? - What should the charges be? - What should the sentence be? If the system is to serve