Identify the reasons that prison violence may occur.

What will be an ideal response?


Examples should include the following: understaffing, excessive or unreasonable force by correctional officers, overcrowding, poor living conditions, gang activities, and the physical design of the prison.

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An ______ affirms the priority we give as a matter of course to our family and close friends and goes beyond the notion that being a loving parent is simply a duty.

What will be an ideal response?

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Police officers may be fired, most easily, for ______.

A. age B. political considerations C. poor performance D. cause

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Before the invention of the electric chair, _________ was the most common method of execution used.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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According to the plurality opinion of the Supreme Court in U.S. v. Mendenhall involving an airport investigation of possible drug law violations: a. voluntary cooperation is determined by whether the agents actually tell citizens they are free to leave. b. seizure is determined by whether reasonable persons, under the circumstances, would feel or honestlybelieve they are not free to go

c. a person is seized whenever they are moved from the place where the encounter with the police occurs. d. a person is not seized unless the officer tells the person he or she has been arrested.

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