Three classic goals of correctional policy are to
a. punish, gain retribution, and deter crime.
b. rehabilitate; deter; and produce productive, law-abiding citizens.
c. punish, rehabilitate, and physically separate dangerous criminals from society.
d. get criminals off the street, break drug habits, and destroy unhealthy neighborhood associations.
c
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Only a very few public officials have "absolute immunity" concerning liability for damages
a. True b. False
What is one reason that distrusting the government can be a good thing?
a. Skeptical citizens are more likely than trusting citizens to run prosperous businesses. b. Skeptical citizens are more likely than trusting citizens to vote in midterm elections. c. Skeptical citizens are more likely than trusting citizens to notice and oppose government corruption. d. Skeptical citizens are more likely than trusting citizens to hold moderate political views.
Which factor largely accounts for the failure of the U.S. electoral system to produce a third party that rivals the Democrats and Republicans?
a. multi-member districts and a proportional voting system b. single-member districts and a nonpartisan blanket primary system c. multi-member districts and a plurality voting system d. single-member districts and a plurality voting system
The concept of regression to the mean is particularly important when
A) doing research involving children. B) selecting research participants on the basis of gender or some other categorical variable. C) selecting research participants on the basis of extreme scores on some measure. D) doing research during daylight savings time.