An individual can be held criminally liable in which of the following situations?

a. Failure to act results in the harm of a disabled person that the individual cares for
b. If a driver hits a pedestrian and does not seek assistance
c. If a parent fails to care for their child
d. All of the above


d. All of the above

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The coercion developmental model is based on which theory?

a) social learning b) developmental c) systems d) ecological

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

1. Prisoners residing in maximum-security facilities are more subject to the pains of imprisonment than are those in minimum-security facilities. 2. Placing someone in prison is a very expensive decision, costing states and the federal government at least $50,000 per year for adult males and more than double that for women and children. 3. Because of the materials used in their construction, supermax prisons are at least two to three times more expensive to build than “regular” prisons. 4. The pains of imprisonment identified by Sykes inflict physical rather than psychological destruction upon prisoners. 5. Goffman (1961) believed that total institutions had the effect of debilitating their inmates.

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Victim-offender __________ involves a meeting between victim and offender facilitated by a trained individual; it carries underlying goals of restorative justice

a. deposition b. mediation c. conciliation d. arbitration

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In a voluntary consent situation, voluntariness is determined by looking at the:

a. two-pronged agreement test. b. Aguilar test. c. totality of the circumstances. d. reasonableness test.

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