What is a Pennsylvania System?

What will be an ideal response?


A form of imprisonment developed by the Pennsylvania Quakers around 1790 as an alternative to corporal punishments. This style of imprisonment made use of solitary confinement and encouraged rehabilitation.

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Which of the following categories are used to define robbery?

a. residential, commercial, street, and personal b. residential, commercial, street, and vehicle driver c. personal, commercial, street, and vehicle d. street, home, and business

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The "slippery slope" of corruption finds that even accepting minor gratuities can lead to a more ready acceptance of larger bribes

a. True b. False

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Two procedures used to preserve impressions that cannot be submitted to the laboratory are lifting and _____

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

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The effect of Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U. S. (1920) is that a police officer is not allowed to testify about the existence of incriminating evidence that was illegally seized

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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