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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a. Fewer than 1%. b. Between 6% and 10%. c. Between 20% and 25%. d. More than 45%.

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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.

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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

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Being detained is an example of community corrections. (on probation or parole)

a. true b. false

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