How are federal judges insulated from political forces? In your response, include the procedure for becoming a federal judge.
What will be an ideal response?
Federal judges are endowed with lifetime tenure after appointment, which requires nomination by the president and confirmation by the Senate. After they have been appointed, they cannot have their pay reduced. They leave office only through death, retirement, or impeachment.
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a. does not get sick. b. does not take vacation. c. does not make mistakes. d. cannot transfer to a different precinct.
Which of the following is NOT an issue that has arisen as a result of the movement of female staff into male correctional facilities?
a. whether women are physically and mentally suited to corrections work b. how to deal with sexual and gender harassment c. whether equal employment rights outweigh the privacy rights of male inmates d. the degree to which the interaction of male inmates with female correctional staff creates significant distress among male inmates
Beccaria failed to recognize or expand upon the importance of what, regarding deterrence?
a. The distinctions between motivation and free will in the model of human nature b. The critical role of perceptions as the subjective basis of deterrence c. Reducing recidivism (specific deterrence) v. reducing crime rates (general deterrence) d. Supportive empirical studies v. those which were ambiguous or inconclusive
The ______ ultimately is responsible for determining the actual length in indeterminate sentencing
A) prosecution B) ?state legislature C) ?correctional agency D) ?probation officer E) ?parole board