Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

Question

1. Although incarceration has been widely acknowledged as a popular method of punishment in the United States, a majority of nonviolent and low-risk offenders are, in fact, sentenced to community corrections.
2. Research increasingly points to the low prevalence of violence and victimization among incarcerated inmates.
3. Jails in the United States are operated by local, state, federal, and private agencies.
4. Jails generally hold individuals who are awaiting trial or awaiting transfer to other facilities after a conviction and those with misdemeanor offences serving sentences of one year or less.
5. Prisons are usually operated at a local level.

Answer 1

1. True
2. False
3. False
4. True
5. False