Public attitudes in favor of more-punitive sentencing policies have influenced legislators to approve building more prisons.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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The female prison population has ______ since 1990.
a. more than doubled b. more than tripled c. decreased by 50% d. decreased by 25%
What is white-collar crime, and why do some criminologists have difficulty understanding it?
What will be an ideal response?
In 2005, the Supreme Court ruled that the Federal Guidelines violated the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial because
A) juries had not been selected fairly in the first place. B) judges were asked to consider facts not originally presented to a jury. C) defendants had not initially been given a fair jury trial. D) juries had been given too much power.
Under the ______ system, private businesses paid an annual fee for control of the inmates.
A. contract B. convict leasing C. Auburn D. Pennsylvania