Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. In 2012, 68% of probationers successfully completed their conditions of supervision
and were released.
2. Whites constitute about 54% of the adult probation population.
3. Many jurisdictions require their probationers to pay for the costs of supervision.
4. Many more offenders get into trouble because of pathologies, not deficiencies.
5. Most probation/parole officers are white and middle-class.


1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. TRUE
4. FALSE
5. TRUE

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A. An individual must prove that he or she expected privacy. B. Society's recognition of expectation of privacy as reasonable or unreasonable is irrelevant. C. An individual may not seek privacy in a public place. D. A person can expect privacy even if evidence is in plain view.

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Matching type

1. The government must have this in order to conduct a search 2. Amendment that ensures that states may not take away rights granted by the federal government 3. Generally not considered a “state actor” 4. The contract that exists between players and owners that establishes the policies and procedures of drug testing 5. Has the “intervention program” to deal with drug problems within its sport 6. Has “in-competition” and “out-of-competition” drug testing 7. In charge of the drug testing program for the Olympic Movement 8. Method of testing for HGH and EPO 9. Case involving high school sports and drug testing 10. Established by an NGB for athletes within that particular sport A. Blood and/or urine B. IOC C. NCAA D. NFL E. Probable cause F. Fourteenth G. CBA H. MOA I. Vernonia J. WADA

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Prosecutors and defense attorneys who use challenges to strike black jurors in order to create a racially "pure" jury engage in a practice that is:

A) permissible. B) constitutional if the judge approves. C) constitutional. D) unconstitutional.

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