Discretionary circumstances of sentencing is a tool that laws grant judges and can make them play a balance role in criminal sanction in the light of specific conditions of concrete cases.

酌定量刑情节是法律赋予法官的一种工具，使其能根据具体案件的特殊情况，发挥平衡刑事制裁的作用。

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The risk society not only offers a new visual Angle for understanding and mastering modern criminal law, but also provides an important theoretical tool for re-thinking traditional criminal law.

风险社会为理解和把握现代刑法提供了全新的观察视角，也为反思传统刑法提供了重要的理论工具。

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"Public education is our greatest tool - arming people with knowledge about the ways in which common criminal enterprises have tried to take advantage of them."

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If changes currently going through parliament become law, Asbos will become a tool in criminal cases, so people convicted of crime and disorder offences can be subject to an order on top of their sentence.

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Over-prosecution is a tool prosecutors often use to get criminal defendants to plead guilty rather than risk a more severe sentence if they go to trial.

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Law enforcement has done criminal profiling for decades and recognizes it as an invaluable tool.

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