What were prisons used for prior to the 1700s?
a. Housing for the homeless
b. Confinement to make sure suspects and defendants showed up in court
c. Rehabilitation
d. Restitution
B
Prisons are ancient, but until 1700, they were not used for punishment; instead, they confined suspects and defendants to make sure they showed up in court.
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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Terrorism is an expression of social discontent, and is one type of conflict that can occur. 2. The actual behavior of terrorists has not changed to any degree over time. 3. In reviewing history, there are several causes of terrorism; it seems that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is directly or indirectly a part of the conflict. 4. Criminal terrorism refers to terrorist acts that are used to facilitate crime and criminal profits. 5. The United States very rarely attempts to crush terrorism via unilateral attacks.
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A. West Virginia B. Texas C. Florida D. New Jersey
_________ are organized for the express purpose of distributing drugs
a. Cultural gangs b. Entrepreneurial gangs c. Drug gangs d. Political gangs