Suppose Joe is incarcerated in a prison where there is a focus on treatment. The prison views the inmates as "sick" and tries to "cure" their criminal behavior. Joe is most likely incarcerated in a(n):
A. Pennsylvania prison.
B. reformatory.
C. industrial prison.
D. therapeutic prison
Answer: D
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What will be an ideal response?
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a. deterrence b. incapacitation c. rehabilitation d. retribution
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a. intelligence policing. b. the crime control approach. c. filtering. d. evidence-based practices. e. resource allocated practices.
Judges have access to all relevant information when determining an offender's culpability or dangerousness to society at the time of imposing sentence
a. True b. False