What three national institutions oversee prisoners’ rights in the United Kingdom?

What will be an ideal response?


There are three national institutions in the U.K. Overseeing prisoners’ rights: (1) A prison inspectorate, (2) a prisons and probation ombudsman (IPO), and (3) local independent monitoring boards (IMB; Owers, 2006).

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Which of the following theories, unlike most theories, raises the question of why someone does not engage in criminal behavior?

a. Social control theory b. Social bond theory c. Differential association theory d. Interactionist theory

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If the officers had a search warrant, but only waited two seconds after announcing their presence at the apartment door, the exclusionary rule

a. applies because they did not properly knock and announce. b. does not apply under the knock and announce exception. c. does not apply because they did not have reasonable suspicion. d. does apply because they had reasonable suspicion.

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________ is more difficult to define than physical abuse because it involves a disregard for the psychological needs of a child

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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________ release occurs after an inmate has served time equal to the total sentence minus good time, or to a certain percentage of the total sentence as defined by law

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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