In what ways do correctional agencies deal with juveniles under confinement?
What will be an ideal response?
• Straight incarceration (juveniles are placed in adult prisons with no separate housing or differentiation in programming); Graduated incarceration (juveniles initially placed in juvenile facilities, then once they reach a certain age—usually eighteen—they are then transferred to an adult prison to complete their sentence); Segregated incarceration (inmates under age eighteen are constantly separated from adults, even though they are housed in the same facility).
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Adam Smith, the premier philosopher of capitalism, took the position that:
a. the free market and not the legal system is the best and most efficient means forpreventing or minimizing harmful conduct by businesses b. the criminal law should be used to impose limitations on business competition c. since businessmen do no harm to consumers, there is no reason to formulate laws directed at their activities d. laws directed at business activity will do more harm to the most powerful businessmen
Features typical of a divorce in the first half of the 20th century include all the following except:
A. Weekly alimony was usually awarded. B. No-fault divorce was commonplace. C. Mothers were usually awarded custody. D. There remained a stigma attached to a divorce.
Describe the history of the National Crime Victimization Survey Program. What do data from the NCVS tell us about crime in the United States today?
What will be an ideal response?
Principles of right and wrong behavior, as practiced by individuals or by society are called:
a. deviance b. discretion c. morals d. tenets