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

1. Quaker leaders felt prisoners should be part of the community.
2. Zebulon Brockway wrote and helped pass the indeterminate sentencing law in 1877.
3. During the 1960s, California paid communities to keep people who were on probation.
4. During the Get-Tough Era, conservative scholars advocated softer sentencing and less imprisonment.
5. Right-on-Crime advocates argued that expanding community corrections was warranted.


1. False
2. True
3. True
4. False
5. True

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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