Explain why there is a difference between a sentence imposed by a judge and the actual sentence carried out by a prisoner.
What will be an ideal response?
? In states with indeterminate sentencing, parole boards have broad powers to release prisoners once they have served the minimum portion of their sentences.? In addition, all but four states offer prisoners the opportunity to reduce their sentences by doing "good time."
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A fact is:
a. an action, an event, a circumstance, or an actual thing done. b. a process of reasoning. c. an action based on the known facts. d. something that is known to all.
An event timeline will define each event that may have occurred at a crime scene:
a. Along with the mathematic probability of each event. b. In various probable orders within a known or estimated time frame. c. Accompanied by the exact time at which it occurred. d. Accompanied by a re-enactment of the event.
What were Émile Durkheim’s ideas concerning social change and crime?
What will be an ideal response?
The case of ______ suggested four standards of mental health care in prisons.
a. Ruiz v. Estelle b. Hudson v. Palmer c. Gamble v. Motion d. Gregg v. Georgia