Consider community service as an alternative to restitution. How might a well-run community service program benefit a community?

What will be an ideal response?


• Requires people on supervision to give something back to society
• Provides an opportunity to get work experience, job skills, and references
• Provides the community free labor and provides services that otherwise might not be available due to lack of funding

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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Drug law violations account for almost half of all males in state correctional facilities today

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Rolf Loeber, David Farrington, and their colleagues define SVJ (serious and violent juvenile) offenders as those who have committed at least __________ of a group of specified violent crimes

a. one b. two c. three d. four

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Most published evaluation studies are this type:

a. Impact b. Need c. Process d. Evaluability

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