Between 1980 and 2008, the U.S. prison population ______.

A. grew at approximately 10 times the rate of the overall population
B. increased in absolute numbers, but remained stable on a percentage basis
C. shrank dramatically in both absolute numbers and percentages
D. grew at a rate that slightly outpaced the overall population growth


A. grew at approximately 10 times the rate of the overall population

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a. intensified drug-law enforcement b. additional prosecution penalties for drug activity related to organized crime groups c. a wider range of criminal laws covering the sale and possession of illicit drugs d. longer prison sentences for drug offenders

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What is the reorganization of conventional patrol strategies into “an integrated and versatile police team assigned to a fixed district."?

What will be an ideal response?

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According to Durkheim, deregulated society is also likely to cause:

a. Lower rates of incarceration. b. Organic solidarity. c. Lower rates of innovation. d. Higher rates of suicide.

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Advocates of the equal-justice model are concerned with unfairness in the criminal justice system, such as racism and discrimination, which causes sentencing disparity and unequal treatment before the law

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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