The _____ was the earliest legal procedure by which illegal or improper jailing or detention could be challenged in a court of law
a. Appeal
b. Inquisition
c. Magna Carta
d. Writ of Habeas Corpus
d
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Providing adult supervision was one of the purposes of the Child Savers movement
a. True b. False
The presidential election campaign between _________ is considered to be the watershed event that placed crime on the national agenda
a. Kennedy and Nixon b. Eisenhower and Stevenson c. Johnson and Goldwater d. Truman and Dewey e. Carter and Ford
A different perspective on why the 1999 National Drug Control Strategy failed to completely accomplish any of its11 goals and targets is that:
a. There weren't enough goals b. There were too many goals c. The goals were too unrealistic d. The initiatives weren't funded properly
Evaluations of incarceration strategies reveal that their impact may be less than expected. Why might incarceration not work?
A) ?because prison exposes young, impressionable offenders to higher-risk, more experienced inmates who can influence their lifestyle and shape their attitudes B) ?because most criminal offenses are committed by old offenders, who are unlikely to be sent to prison for a single felony conviction C) ?because incarcerated criminals are too young D) ?because not enough offenders are being incarcerated