The development what type of policies fixing minimum terms of imprisonment for certain offenses or types of offenders exemplify the expansion of punitive policies in the criminal justice system?
a. death penalty
b. drug
c. mandatory minimum
d. domestic violence
Ans: C
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What will be an ideal response?
In which case did the Supreme Court rule that in addition to the suspicion required to justify a stop, the officer must have reasonable suspicion that the person stopped is "armed" and "dangerous" before a frisk can be conducted?
a. Payton v. New York b. Terry v. Ohio c. Adams v. Williams d. Bradford v. Ray
Distinguish verbal threats that are protected by the Constitution from verbal threats that can be prosecuted as "true threats."
What will be an ideal response?
The dramatization of evil typically occurs when ______ are arrested and charged with their first offense.
a. young adults b. youth c. adults d. elderly