Which law was intended to reduce crime and protect the public, but actually proved to be costly, unnecessarily punitive, and did not actually reduce crime?

A. Klaas law
B. Polly’s law
C. Crime Reduction law
D. Three-strikes law


D. Three-strikes law

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A police officer approached another officer with an offer to sell a car that was confiscated in a drug bust. What is this an example of?

A) corruption of authority B) opportunistic theft C) fixes D) internal payoffs

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Which style of prison has a number of individual buildings that are not connected?

a. telephone style b. campus style c. Auburn/Sing Sing style d. Pennsylvania style

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Based on their research of 125 proven false confessions, Richard Leo and Steven Drizen concluded:

a. that the problem of false confessions in not serious b. most of the false confessions occurred after 2-3 hours of interrogation c. most of the people who confessed to crimes they did not commit were found not guilty d. the problem of false confessions may be more serious than previously thought

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________ is the notion that repeat victims share some personal characteristic that makes them a magnet for predators

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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