What factors have influenced the significant rise in the cost of incarceration?
What will be an ideal response?
There were three major changes that increased the costs of incarceration. The first change was the abandonment of Lombroso based correctional philosophies that criminality is an
inherited trait. Next, the cost of incarceration was significantly impacted by legislation passed during the Great Depression (c. 1929–1940). During the Great Depression, the federal government and many states passed laws prohibiting the sale of convict-made products and services, which competed with local businesses on the open market. Finally, the abandonment of the philosophy of civil death for incarcerated inmates resulted in significant increases in the cost of incarceration. Civil death is rooted in the law of medieval Europe and the concept of outlawry.
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Which of the following are examples of indicator crimes?
a. hit-and-run offenses, but not harassing phone calls b. harassing phone calls, but not hit-and-run offenses c. only prior offenses, and only those involving the same victim and suspect d. hit-and-run offenses, harassing phone calls, and prior offenses involving the same victim and suspect
The defense of mistake of fact may be used only if the mistake negates:
A) the attendant circumstances of the offense. B) the culpable mental state of the offense. C) the actus reus of the offense. D) any of the above elements of the offense.
Police power is derived from a. U.S. Supreme Court decisions
b. U.S. Constitution. c. state statutes. d. U.S. Supreme Court decisions, the U.S. Constitution, and state statutes. e. none of these choices.
A basic principle of probability sampling is that a sample will be representative of the population from which it is drawn if:
a. all members of the population have an equal chance of being selected for the sample b. the researcher uses a method of selection based upon convenience c. every "nth" person is selected for the sample d. all are principles of probability sampling