Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The totality of circumstances has been modified in prison law to consist of the totality of the conditions, to determine if conditions in an institution are in violation of the Eighth Amendment.
2. Slander is verbal communication intended to lower the reputation of a person where such facts would actually be damaging to a reputation.
3. In the case of Hobbs v. New York, the court found that inmates are entitled to due process in involuntary transfers from prison to a mental hospital.
4. An injunction is a court order that requires an agency to take some form of action(s) or to refrain from a particular action(s).
5. Punitive damages are payments for the actual losses suffered by a plaintiff.


1. True
2. True
3. False
4. True
5. False

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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a. religious and moral leaders. b. the police and politicians. c. television and film producers. d. professors and nonacademic researchers.

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Describe the purpose of bail and the factors used to decide when bail will be granted.

What will be an ideal response?

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Yamill was researching early maturation in girls; some of the information she gathered regarded early puberty in girls and girls who were abandoned by their fathers. What was the link between paternal abandonment and early puberty in girls Yamill found in her research?

a. Psychosocial b. Psychological c. Genetic d. Unfounded

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