Discuss why current laws on crack possession have been criticized. Include at least three of these criticisms
What will be an ideal response?
The laws seem to have a selective effect on the black community. The U.S. Sentencing Commission submitted three studies to Congress on these laws. Its findings show 1) the current penalties exaggerate the relative harmfulness of crack cocaine; 2) current penalties sweep too broadly and apply most often to lower-class offenders; 3) current quantity-based penalties overstate the seriousness of most crack cocaine offenses and fail to provide adequate proportionality; and 4) current penalties' severity mostly affects blacks.
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Apply the components of Baddeley's model of working memory to a child reading a book.
What will be an ideal response?
Which way of framing or stating a problem usually produces the best decision?
a. framing that is narrow and specific b. framing that is broad c. framing that is more convergent d. framing that is simple and concise
Susan's grandmother, at age 80, is in the final stage of adulthood, namely
identity versus role confusion. industry versus inferiority. generativity versus stagnation. integrity versus despair.
The most recent set of ethical standards adopted by the American Psychological Association was in which year?
a) 1981 b) 2000 c) 1992 d) 2002