Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Recent research from the Washington State Institute for Public Policy (2007) of the most systematic and methodologically sound means of examining
community-based residential centers that exists.
2. Jail diversion does increase public safety risk.
3. In 1864, the Temporary Asylum for Discharged Female Prisoners was opened in the Boston area.
4. In 1961, halfway houses received governmental assistance for the very first time
when Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy implored Congress to provide funds to open federal-level halfway houses for young offenders.
5. Although government funding and support has not decreased since the 1980s,
private halfway houses do not seem to be often used as alternatives to prison.


1. TRUE
2. FALSE
3. TRUE
4. TRUE
5. FALSE

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