How did the global financial crisis that began in 2007 influence corrections in the United States?
What will be an ideal response?
The global fiscal crisis expanded the national awareness of wasteful spending in all public sectors. The public and lawmakers alike have begun to demand more scrutiny of corrections expenditures. In both state and federal corrections budgets, this scrutiny has resulted in pressure to reduce prison and jail populations.
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In problem-oriented policing, what do the police look to identify?
A) Specific crimes that seem to be particularly difficult to prevent and solve B) Areas that are troublesome for crime C) Times of day that are troublesome for crime D) All of the above
CAD programs enhance the ability to:
a. take complete notes. b. produce a finished crime-scene sketch. c. develop photographs. d. edit video recordings.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Psychosocial theories are more interested in individual differences in the propensity to commit a crime than in environmental conditions that may push a person into committing it. 2. The most important evidence of genetic effects on IQ is the so-called Flynn effect. 3. According to Freud, the id obeys the reality principle and is able to engage in hedonistic calculus. 4. Operant conditioning is active and depends on the actor's behavior while classical conditioning is mostly passive and depends more on the level of ANS arousal. 5. Augmenters tend to have a hypoactive ANS while reducers tend to have a hyperactive ANS.
The San Antonio Youth ________ ordinance prohibits youths under the age of seventeen from being in public places within the city between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.Sunday through Thursday
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word