Explain the purpose of the Second Chance Act. Identify the common characteristic of the types of programs funded by the Act. What impact has the Act had? Include statistics where relevant in your response.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers should identify the primary purpose of the Second Chance Act as reducing the number of people being returned to prison after parole release due to state-run "hair-trigger" parole systems that send large numbers of people back to prison for technical violations or other relatively minor reasons, rather than for new crimes. The programs funded by the Act focus on assisting offenders in the transition from prison to the community. The Act appears to be successful as the recidivism rate among parolees who left supervision has dropped by 6% between 2008 and 2013.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
As of 2011, how many states had mandatory arrest policies?
A. 12 B. 20 C. 43 D. 32
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a. nearby governments first, in order to unify a Palestinian Islamist state, and then targeted the United States and Israel. b. overthrow the Algerian government and replace it with an Islamic state. c. Algerian targets in its effort to create an Islamic caliphate, and Western targets as well. d. to create an Islamic state, replacing the sovereign state of Egypt; they targeted Egyptian security officials, Coptic Christians, and any Egyptians opposed to the fundamentalist view of Islam.
The majority of the cases that the Supreme Court hears involve ______.
A. unresolved civil lawsuits B. disputes between states C. constitutional issues D. death sentence appeals