In Brown v. Plata (2011), the Supreme Court ruled that inmate mental health care had deteriorated in the state of California because of ______.
A. a lack of trained psychologists
B. an influx of violent offenders
C. increased electronic monitoring
D. prison overcrowding
D. prison overcrowding
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Data from those states that screen for pregnancy at intake show about what percent of women enter prison pregnant?
a. Fewer than 1%. b. Between 6% and 10%. c. Between 20% and 25%. d. More than 45%.
A problem not a problem faced by the police during the 1960s was:
A) ?skyrocketing crime rates. B) ?pressure from police reform groups such as the IACP. C) ?Vietnam protests. D) ?race riots. E) the use of crack cocaine.
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Brady v. Maryland prevents the suppression of what type of evidence?
a. Incriminating c. Exculpatory b. Exclamatory d. Confessions
Being detained is an example of community corrections. (on probation or parole)
a. true b. false