Community corrections recognizes that factors within the community that encourage criminal behavior can never be changed
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
False
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The Due Process Revolution of the 1960s was characterized by the process of selective incorporation
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Some people believe that judges would do well to remember that wearing the robe does not confer omniscience or omnipotence
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Bribery under the federal statute is similar to extortion because it is not necessary in an extortion prosecution to prove an official threatened to use his official authority if
a. the extortion amount was not paid b. the extortion amount was paid c. the extortion was carried out d. None of these choices
Which one of the following statements is INCORRECT?
a. Courts of law tend to focus on the philosophical, theoretical, and empirical questions that surround the various forms of criminal punishment. b. The U.S. Supreme Court's 2005 decision in United States v. Booker has now effectively relegated the federal sentencing guidelines to an advisory status. c. When a trial court sentences a defendant to incarceration, it generally allows the defendant credit against any term of incarceration for all time spent in custody as a result of the charge for which sentence is imposed. d. Courts tend to scrutinize probation conditions that restrict such fundamental rights as procreation.