A strategy for preventing crime that requires a prison sentence or specifies the least amount of time that must be served is known as what?

a. mandatory sentencing c. preventive detention
b. specific incapacitation d. truth in sentencing


A

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The basic principles of the modern Western judicial and legal system are found in the ______.

a. demonological school of criminology b. neoclassical school of criminology c. classical school of criminology d. economic school of criminology

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Detached street worker programs are sometimes credited with curbing gang activities in the 1980s and 1990s

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Parole is the continuation of correctional supervision in the community

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The reasons for false convictions discussed in your text include all except:

a. perjury by informants. b. "junk science.". c. false confessions. d. gender bias.

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