Describe some of the alternatives to prisons in the attempt to rehabilitate criminals

What will be an ideal response?


Some alternatives being tried are shock probation (part of the sentence is served in a prison and the rest is suspended, and the criminal placed on probation); community-based programs that reintroduce prisoners into society; and diversion (convicted criminals are sent to community-based programs rather than to prison).

Sociology

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What best describes the incarceration rate of the United States?

a. The rates have been stagnant since 1980. b. The rates have dropped since 1980. c. The rates are not determinable by data due to liberal judges. d. The rates of grown rapidly.

Sociology

Another word for homeostasis is ________

A) same-sex B) balance C) disorder D) frequency

Sociology

The ________ is the average number of live births per woman, in a given population, per year

A) crude birth rate B) fertility rate C) doula rate D) actual crude rate

Sociology

Parents who have difficulty coming to terms with the loss of a young child may enlist another sibling to assume the identity or characteristics of the deceased child. This is referred to as

a. surrogate child b. poor differentiation c. replacement role d. denial and minimization

Sociology