A defendant who can distinguish right from wrong, but who is still unable to control his actions because of a mental disease would use the ______.

A. M’Naghten standard
B. Durham test
C. Brawner rule
D. irresistible impulse test


D. irresistible impulse test

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Which of the following would be considered to be part of the macro systems effects?

a. Schools b. Racial socialization c. Police and courts d. Both a and c

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There was a renewed interest in the victims of crimes and laws designed to provide compensation to the victims of violent crimes in the ________

A) 1700s B) 1870s C) 1920s D) 1960s

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One of the main criticisms of the Pennsylvania system was that inmates:

A. were not permitted to communicate with each other. B. transferred communicable diseases to each other. C. suffered severe physical abuse. D. often developed mental illnesses.

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Parole is based on which of the following principles?

a. The state extends a privilege by releasing offenders from prison before their full sentence is served b. It is a contract with offenders in exchange for their promise to abide by certain conditions where they return to prison to complete their sentences if they violate the contract c. The state controls parolees until they are dismissed from parole d. All of these choices

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