The United States is now engaging in:
a. increased application of the death penalty.
b. mass incarceration.
c. using criminals as soldiers and offering reduced sentences for service
d. designing underwater prisons.
b
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As the first scientific criminologist, Adolphe Quintelet's work is most noteworthy because:
a. His work disproved the long-held notion that crime was related to the lunar cycles. b. He was the first criminologist to identify the weaknesses to relying on official crime statistics. c. He was the first criminologist to draw a connection between capitalism and crime. d. His observation that crime was linked to other variables called into question the notion of free will.
SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which of the following are strategies of intensive supervision probation?
A. low movement restrictions B. more meetings and check-ins C. self-reporting of treatment programs D. strong response to violations
In the so-called false friends cases (Hoffa and White), all of the following represent the Court’s position about conversations with informants, except:
a. The suspect has no reasonable expectation of privacy under the Fourth Amendment. b. The suspect assumes the risk that his conversations may not remain confidential. c. The suspect had no reasonable expectation of privacy because the conversations were neither recorded by government agents nor transmitted by electronic means. d. The suspect assumes the risk that his conversations may be reported to the police.
______________ is the idea that instead of being sent to prison, a person is allowed to live in the community under supervision and must demonstrate a willingness to abide by its laws.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).