Why is there strong economic pressure to grant probation to serious felony offenders?
a. Because treatment and rehabilitation programs can be coupled with probation, which result in cost-effectiveness.
b. Because probation consistently results in an 80 to 90% success rate and is, therefore, money well spent.
c. Because it costs less than incarceration, making it extremely attractive to policymakers.
d. Because prison overcrowding has resulted in federal funding cuts to other alternative sentencing programs.
c
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Despite decreases in crime rate, why has prison overcrowding worsened?
a. Prisons are housing fewer inmates due to human rights concerns. b. get tough legislation c. both (a) and (b) d. none of the above
A ______________ society is one governed or controlled by men.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Juveniles who determine they cannot live up to middle-class norms often seek out others like themselves and form what Cohen called a delinquent:
A. gang. B. organization. C. subculture. D. counter-culture.
Police officers cannot make an arrest for every violation of law-that is, they cannot
A. provide selective enforcement. B. have limited discretion. C. provide full enforcement. D. have high discretion.