Suits formally requesting that the person detaining a prisoner bring him or her before a judicial officer to determine the lawfulness of the imprisonment are called ________

a. writs of federal action
b. writs of habeas corpus
c. writs of mandamus
d. ex post facto writs


b

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Individual (or specific) deterrence seeks to ______.

a. deter potential offenders from crime. b. deter the individual punished. c. deter both the individual and the public d. control crime by keeping criminals out of society

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______ occurs when an inmate suffers from the loss of the many roles he or she occupied in the wider world.

a. Total institution b. Prisonization c. Mortification d. Importation

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A killing resulting from an offender's careless actions is called ________.

A. voluntary manslaughter B. mass murder C. involuntary manslaughter D. first-degree murder

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______ are smaller than populations.

A. Studies B. Samples C. Parameters D. none of these

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