How did the “get tough on crime” policies contribute to mass incarceration?
What will be an ideal response?
the three strikes and truth-in-sentencing laws.
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Even when Congress puts all of its persuasive powers to work in achieving a legislative agenda, the president still retains the ultimate lawmaking authority.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
An alternative theory of judicial decision making, known as the __________ model, states that Supreme Court justices' opinions are driven by their attitudes and values
a. attitudinal b. strict constructionist c. flexible d. constitutional
Statistical simplification for nominal or ordinal data is often done by using
A) A t-test. B) Frequency distributions. C) Means. D) Standard deviations.
Compared to those who didn't attend college, college graduates __________
a. have higher levels of political knowledge b. are more supportive of increasing taxes to fund social welfare programs c. have lower levels of internal political efficacy d. have more conservative views on social issues Answer: a