Which of the following is one explanation for rising prison rates?

a. Rising incarceration rates for juvenile offenders.
b. Rising incarceration rates for women.
c. Rising incarceration rates for the mentally ill.
d. Rising incarceration rates for convicted misdemeanants.


B

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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States have greater authority to regulate sexually explicit materials when children rather than adults are involved.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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A full citation for a journal article includes which of the following?

a. author names, publication year, title, abstract, journal name and volume b. author names, publication year, title, journal name and volume, and page numbers c. author names, title, page numbers, publication year, abstract, and keywords d. author names, publication year, title, journal name and volume, and keywords

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Which death penalty study attempts to calculate the effects a well-publicized execution has on the short-term murder rate?

a. contiguous-state analysis b. immediate impact studies c. time-series analysis d. none of these

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