The incapacitation perspective on punishment views offenders as ______.
a. generally good people who have made bad decisions
b. mentally ill patients who need treatment
c. rational beings who weighed the costs and benefits of their crime
d. wicked people who need to be separated from innocent people
d. wicked people who need to be separated from innocent people
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The emission spectrograph is used to determine the:
a. Mass of a substance. b. Weight of a substance. c. Crystalline structure of a substance. d. Elemental composition of a substance.
BJS studies have shown that nearly half of parolees in 1999 were returned to prison during their parole term
a. True b. False
New York City agreed to pay the Central Park Jogger defendants who were wrongfully convicted ________ million dollars.
a. 10 b. 20 c. 30 d. 40
Levitt and Venkatesh's research on the financial activities of a drug-selling street gang indicates that:
a. money appears to be the most significant motivating factor in drug dealing b. drug-selling gang members never use drugs themselves c. at least for drug dealers, factors other than income may explain participation in this activity d. none of the above