In the case Lockyer v. Andrade (2003), the Supreme Court ruled that it was a violation of the Eighth Amendment's cruel and unusual punishment clause to sentence Andrade to 25 years to life imprisonment for petty theft under the state's three strikes law
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
False
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Concurrent validity concerns itself with whether the measure enhances the ability to gauge present characteristics
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Staff diversity is not an important factor within the operation of correctional agencies since what is required is a set of efficient and talented bunch of people and not the representation of a wide variety people in terms of gender, race, and
ethnicity. Indicate whether the statement is true or false
_______ are very violent; their major source of income derives from trafficking in economic migrants, women, children, drugs, contraband, weapons, and automobiles
a. Italian Crime Groups b. Mexican Crime Groups c. Albanian Crime Groups d. American Crime Groups
What is atavism?
A) A term used to identify a specific type of aggressive behavior B) A term used to denote the concentric zones characterized by disorder and transition C) A condition characterized by features thought to be common in earlier stages of human evolution D) A term used to describe the physical constitution or bodily characteristics of offenders