What do developmental perspectives contribute to explanations of crime and delinquency?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: [key points to be made]
*Answers may vary but might include any of the following
*Look at turning points where significant life events decrease involvement in crime & delinquency
*Explain how likelihood of offending changes over time is more optimistic about reform
*Relies on changes in risk factors throughout life – dynamic rather than static
*Uses social capital to measure resources at one’s disposal at various periods in life
*Some use neurological research findings and psychological as well as social learning to explain why one child in the family might have problems while others don’t under same parenting
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Elmira Reformatory was unique because it emphasized:
A) no prison labor. B) experimentation with new penal philosophies. C) solitary confinement as a method of reform. D) the congregate system of prison labor.
Elaborate on the history and origins of corrections starting in Europe and ending in the early years of the United States. Pay particular attention to the Pennsylvania and Auburn correctional systems when discussing the history of corrections in the early United States.
What will be an ideal response?
Section 504 of the ______ was the first law to state that the exclusion of a person with a disability was discrimination, allowing class status for this group, mandating affirmative conduct, and requiring accommodations.
A. Americans with Disabilities Act B. Civil Rights of Disabled Persons Act C. Disability Protection Act D. Rehabilitation Act
Police chasing a suspect into a home may be able to rely on the ____________________ exception
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word