What has driven the growth of corrections over the past twenty-five years?

What will be an ideal response?


• The major driver has been increased rates of imprisonment, resulting from harsher sentencing practices including separate time served for violent offenders, more provisions enhancing sentences for drug offenses, higher statutory minimum sentences for cocaine possession, and more mandatory sentencing laws.

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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

The ACA’s view on the issuance of firearms to probation officers is that it is justified.

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The primary goal in obtaining data from a HDD is to do so without altering even one bit of data

a. True b. False

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In many African, nations we are witnessing a rise of Islamic extremism. Discuss why this is happening and how situations in the Ugandan border as well as in Nigeria are creating this anomaly

What will be an ideal response?

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Early policing in Rome consisted of __________, which were units of 500-600 men to keep the peace of Rome

a. Roman guards c. battalions b. urban cohorts d. urban units

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