What is the importance of Cruz v. Beto? How did it change corrections?

What will be an ideal response?


Inmates must be given reasonable opportunities to exercise their religious beliefs. Corrections officials had to give “reasonable” opportunity for inmates to exercise religious freedom.

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Gary Becker argued that, except for a few mentally ill people, criminals behave in a(n) ________ way when deciding to commit crime.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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The Jones family lives in Washington, DC, and has a booming methamphetamine business out of their house. One night a tree falls on their home, exposing their operation to the fire department, which reports the lab to the police. Mr. Jones requests that a jury be present to hear this case. At trial, the prosecutor in Mr. Jones's case receives an e-mail that provides an index of previous cases of prosecuting meth dealers where the evidence was obtained in nontraditional ways. What can the prosecutor do with this information?

A. Present these cases as evidence. B. Use these cases in the future but not for this trial. C. Videoconference with other prosecutors who have tried these cases. D. Communicate with the police department to prosecute these other cases.

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Blended probation occurs when an offender is released after a period of incarceration and then resentenced to probation

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The doctrine of parens _____ authorizes the state to act as a parent

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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