How did the Elmira Reformatory move toward the implementation of a system of parole in the United States?

What will be an ideal response?


• A system of classification allowing inmates to earn privileges for their work and behavior was implemented, and the reformatory was organized so that inmates spent much of their day in education programs and learning trades. Once inmates demonstrated reformation, prison administrators had the authority to conditionally release them to be supervised by state agents in the community.

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Chief causes of delinquency were poverty and lack of education according to "A Treatise on Police and Crimes of the Metropolis" by John Wade

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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In which of the following ways can compulsion occur?

a. During questioning b. Through responses on written documents c. When a person is threatened with sanctions by refusing to testify d. All of the above

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Under strict common law interpretation, the right to defend others was limited to the same right that one would have to defend oneself in the same situation

a. True b. False

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How is a transnational crime different from an international crime?

a. Transnational crimes always involve more than one country b. International crimes always involve more than one country c. Transnational crimes are always tried in the International Criminal Court d. International crimes always occur at border crossings

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