Incapacitation suggests that placing offenders behind bars during their prime crime years should reduce their lifetime opportunity to commit crime. Not all criminologists are convinced of the validity of this incapacitation effect. Discuss why this is so.
What will be an ideal response?
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An unintended consequence of get-tough laws is ______.
a. a reduction of funding for local jails b. less incarceration of serious offenders due to lack of space c. less programming available for mentally ill inmates d. fewer correctional officers because funds are earmarked for patrol officers
Inmates with higher education are more likely to be victims of what type of crime?
A. simple assault B. theft C. sexual assault D. intimidation
Which of the following times would likely experience the most crime?
A. Friday 2:00 a.m. B. Tuesday 7:30 a.m. C. Wednesday 1:00 p.m. D. Saturday 9:00 a.m.
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld warned of an "antisocial combination" of _______, _____ _______, and gangs that is increasingly seeking "to destabilize civil societies" in the region
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word