Explain what led states to experiment with specialized courts beyond drug courts.
What will be an ideal response?
As evidence mounted that drug treatment courts were both more cost-effective and more successful in reducing drug use and drug-related crime, states began to experiment with other specialized courts: domestic violence courts, mental health courts, veterans' courts, reentry courts, community courts, and homeless courts.
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The National Homeland Security Consortium
a. Is an academic “think tank” that studies homeland security issues. b. Was created as a “library” for homeland security information. c. Serves as a public forum for government personnel and private practitioners. d. None of the above.
Which of the following is NOT a duty of the U.S. Secret Service?
a. investigate street crime b. protect the president c. protect the vice president d. investigate crimes against the financial infrastructure of the United States
Prison education programs are _______
a. Academic c. Both academic and vocational b. Vocational d. Neither academic nor vocational