Which is NOT true of diversion programs?
A. Jail diversion does reduce time spent in jail.
B. Jail diversion does not increase public safety risk.
C. Jail diversion programs more effectively link diverted offenders to community-based
services.
D. Jail diversion offenders had higher criminal justice costs.
D. Jail diversion offenders had higher criminal justice costs.
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Which of the following did Locard do?
a. He began the first European laboratory. b. He began the first U.S. laboratory. c. Discover DNA d. Discover fingerprints
If, as Plato and others have implied, human nature is egoistic then our actions are motivated by:
a. Concerns for the well-being of others. b. Fear. c. Self-interest. d. Pleasure.
A split sentence involves ______.
a. scaring offenders into a life of conformity by showing them the realities of prison b. delaying a sentence in order to allow the defendant to perform a period of probation c. requiring convicted people to serve a brief stay in jail prior to probation placement d. sentencing for crimes for which probation is normally not an option
Which of the following statements about diversion is FALSE?
A. Evaluations of diversion programs show consistently promising effects on offenders. B. Diversion programs allow judges to impose intermediate-level sanctions but avoid incarcerating offenders. C. Diversion programs reduce court backlog. D. Diversion programs may reduce the cost of criminal processing.