The female prison population has ______ since 1990.

a. more than doubled
b. more than tripled
c. decreased by 50%
d. decreased by 25%


Ans: A

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a. oblique. c. informal. b. formal. d. all of the above.

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According to a comprehensive review of research that evaluated the effects of correctional interventions on recidivism rates, which of the following types of interventions was most successful in reducing recidivism rates?

A. milieu therapies B. cognitive-behavioral treatments C. work-study programs D. punishment-oriented, correctional interventions

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Which of the following is not essential in maintaining confidentiality in field or survey interviews?

a. remove names and addresses from data-collection forms b. keep a master identification file linking numbers to names so that at a future date data can be corrected where necessary c. put the master file on the computer so that you do not leave paper copies of the file laying around d. only individuals with a legitimate purpose should have access to the master file

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In __________ , the Court said that the police could not purposefully avoid providing warnings per Miranda to get a confession. Obtaining a confession without the warnings and then giving the warnings a short time later is not acceptable

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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