Several definitions of restorative justice can be found, but at the heart of most of these definitions is the conviction that those most directly involved in a crime (individual victims, offenders, families of victims and offenders, and victimized communities) are those who should be central in responding to the harm caused by crime

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


True

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The Wickersham Commission in 1931 issued a report stating that prohibition was unenforceable and carried a great potential for police corruption

a. True b. False

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Harbison v. Bell (2009 ) held that there is a

A. Federal legislative right to appointed counsel only in federal clemency hearings B. Federal legislative right to appointed counsel in federal and state clemency hearings C. Sixth Amendment right to appointed counsel in federal capital clemency proceedings D. Due process right to appointed counsel in state clemency proceedings

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The approach that businesses should be left alone to do as they will is known as ______.

a. caveat emptor b. laissez-faire c. Machiavellianism d. Sarbanes-Oxley Act

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America's first penitentiary:

a. isolated inmates from one another in solitary rooms. b. was opened in Massachusetts in 1787. c. focused on punishment, with little consideration given to rehabilitation. d. allowed inmates to work in common rooms, but strictly enforced silence.

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