Denying bail or pretrial release to a defendant because they are dangerous is called ____________ detention

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


preventive

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The Chicago Area Project focused on reducing delinquency in transitional neighborhoods

a. True b. False

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Suppose you work as a police officer in the 8th largest city in your state. During the past 5 years the residential burglary rate has slowly increased and at present your city has the highest rate in the whole state

Your city has the highest police/citizen ratio in the state, so your chief is perplexed. She checked with all the surrounding cities and discovered that each of them have been conducting miscellaneous micro-level crime control activities for the last 3-5 years. She also discovered that each of the surrounding cities had a decrease in the residential burglary rates during the prior 3-5 years. Because of your criminal justice degree, she asks you why the burglary rate is going up while other cities are seeing a decrease. She also asks you for advice as to what might work to lower the burglary rate in your city. What information and advice could you offer?

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A prison inmate convicted of rape refused to admit to not-proven crimes (a precondition for a treatment program), and as a result lost privileges and was transferred to a higher-security prison

The rule requiring admission of guilt to unproven charges violated the inmate's privilege against self-incrimination. Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Home confinement is an example of what type of sanction?

a. in-the-middle sanctions b. indeterminate sanctions c. intermediate sanctions d. incapacitation sentences e. retributive sentences

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