Describe eligibility criteria for offenders who can be processed in drug courts.
What will be an ideal response?
Although the eligibility criteria vary, most programs exclude offenders who have prior convictions for violent offenses or whose current offense involved violence or use of a weapon. They target offenders whose involvement with the criminal justice system is due primarily to their substance abuse.
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Holmes & DeBurger (1985, 1988) have classified serial killers into a typology based on their motives. This typology includes which of the following types?
a. parasitic, hedonistic, and mission-oriented b. parasitic, power-seekers, and mission-oriented c. visionary, mission-oriented, hedonistic, and power-seekers d. parasitic, mission-oriented, and hedonistic
The major premise of incapacitation is that known criminals must be kept in prison and this will reduce crime rates
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The planning process has the potential to:
a. clarify goals or at least prioritize agency objectives. b. make things more difficult to manage. c. reduce the ability of the organization to adapt. d. all of these