This deals with defendant's ability to understand what is happening at the time of trialor a related criminal proceeding

a. Legal Insanity.
b. Diminished Capacity.
c. Insanity Defense.
d. Competency to Stand Trial.


D

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During the Industrial Era prisons intended to capitalize on the labor of convicts by using them as laborers in the community. Define and describe three of the six different systems of inmate labor in use in the early twentieth century

What will be an ideal response?

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A mixed sentence usually involves some jail time before probation is served

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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______ refers to the notion that one will receive a particular punishment, and it is the most important element of punishment, according to Beccaria.

a. Certainty b. Swiftness c. Severity d. Swiftness

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One of the best-known corrections riots involved the horrific incidents at the ______________________ where 39 inmates and staff were killed

a. Attica Correctional Facility, New York, 1971. b. Thurston Jail, Pennsylvania, 1948. c. Walla Walla, Washington, State Prison, 1979. d. San Quentin Prison, California, 2002.

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