How is electronic monitoring used to enforce the requirements of house arrest?

What will be an ideal response?


• It requires offenders to wear a tamperproof bracelet around their ankle. The bracelet acts as a receiver for a radio wave sent by a transmitter that is placed in the offender's home. There are two types of systems, active and passive, both of which are monitored from a central location and are used to ensure the offender is in their home.

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Police officers in the United States generally have a higher level of education today than in the past

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Concerns about the changes in the racial/ethnic makeup of a community, coupled with stereotypes linking race and ethnicity to drug use and drug-related crime and violence, may lead to __________ among sentencing officials

a. overt discrimination c. unconscious racism b. contextual discrimination d. indirect discrimination

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According to the anthropological view, kids with personality problems form gangs and become leaders

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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A(n) ________ model of intensive supervision states that the combined forces of inadequate socialization, strains between educational and occupational aspirations and expectations, and social disorganization in the neighborhood lead to weak bonding to conventional values and to activities in the family, school, and community

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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