There are many reasons for a variety of sanctions. Which is not a chief reason?
a. The desire to have punishments as proportionate to the crime as can be arranged.
b. The desire to save beds in prisons.
c. The desire to ensure that offenders not find their punishment beneficial.
d. The desire for incentives to exist so that offenders will change their behavior.
d. The desire for incentives to exist so that offenders will change their behavior.
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a. Appropriations committees b. Policy committees c. Select committees d. Rules committees
In most states, the use of nondeadly force is regulated by the concept of _____.
A. reasonable force B. deadly force C. preemptive force D. normal force
This president ordered the creation of armed sky marshals to thwart airplanes from being hijacked
a. President George W. Bush b. President Reagan c. President Clinton d. President Kennedy
Which type of punishment was most commonly used in the American colonies?
a. death penalty b. imprisonment in old ships c. corporal punishment d. isolation in abandoned mines