Prior to 1970, attempts to prosecute groups known as the mafia were largely unsuccessful
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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a. Reliability, responsiveness, reassurance, and results b. Results, retribution, restitution, rehabilitation c. Rigidity, results, reformation, rescission d. Recompense, reticence, resurgence, reconnaissance
Fraternal orders comprised of officers who play golf, belong to ethnic groups, or extended kinship groups are a significant part of:
A) the formal bureaucracy B) the administration C) the informal group structure D) the development of good officers
Which of the following statements regarding the state of corrections in the U.S. at the start of the 21st century is TRUE?
A) Mandatory add-ons to sentences are being eliminated. B) The majority of states are increasingly focusing on indeterminate sentencing and the use of discretionary parole release mechanisms. C) States are embracing the federal truth-in-sentencing standard. D) The reemergence of a more community-based, rehabilitative approach to criminals has reduced the problem of prison overcrowding.
Voltaire's, Rousseau's, and Locke's vision produced a period known as the _____________________, which stressed a humanistic view of life, freedom, family, reason, and law
a. Dark Ages c. Renaissance b. Enlightenment d. Classical period