Explain some of the consequences of our high rates of incarceration
What will be an ideal response?
• For some observers, America's high rate of incarceration has contributed significantly to the country's dropping crime rates.
• There are also social consequences to high rates of incarceration, including minor children who suffer financial hardship and reduced supervision and discipline because they have a parent who is incarcerated.
• A number of states disenfranchise offenders by taking away convicted offenders' ability to vote.
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a. Mistrials b. contempt findings against misbehaving jurors c. Juror dismissals d. Sequestration
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A) firesetting. B) arson obsession. C) anhedonia. D) pyromania.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The CT is the workhorse of neuroimaging used to assess the functioning of a person’s brain while engaged in some task. 2. Genomic and brain sciences over the past 3 decades have revolutionized death penalty discourse in the United States. 3. Ethel Spinelli was referred to as the “coldest, hardest character, male, or female.” 4. Only nine states executed anyone in 2012.
Police officers in the United States generally have a higher level of education today than in the past
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false