You have been a defense attorney for a decade and strive to see clients receive sentences that are alternatives to imprisonment. You feel they not only have more of their lives back but feel it can be a better way to lower prison overcrowding. You have wondered over time, though, if the criminal justice system is a strong institution of social control. What do you think? You think about other institutions, such as the family, schools, and organized religion. Do you think those are better institutions of social control that the criminal justice system? Which ones, and why? Knowing this, how could you help make positive suggestions for prison alternatives? Explain.
What will be an ideal response?
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A. to protect the community from the juvenile B. to ensure that the juvenile appears at a subsequent stage of processing C. to provide an example of general deterrence to the rest of the community D. to secure the juvenile's own safety
Murder, rape, and theft are examples of crimes
a. mala in se b. mala prohibita c. premeditated d. deliberate
Which two decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court laid the foundation for Miranda v. Arizona (1966)?
a. Escobedo v. Illinois (1964) and Massiah v. U. S. (1964) b. Mapp v. Ohio (1961) and Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) c. Wolf v. Colorado (1949) and Mapp v. Ohio (1961) d. Wolf v. Colorado (1949) and Rochin v. California (1952)