Which early Supreme Court case ruled that prisoners did not even enjoy the protections of the Eighth Amendment?
a. Turner v. Safley
b. Wolff v. McDonnell
c. Pervear v. Massachusetts
d. Kansas v. Hendricks
c. Pervear v. Massachusetts
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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
Proponents of ethical egoism suspect that altruistic explanations of behavior are superficial and without substance.
If a researcher was using the Uniform Crime Reports to write a report on murder in the United States he or she would be using ______________
a. survey research b. experimentation c. ethnographic field research d. observational research e. existing document or statistics research
The ______ for establishing insanity is also called the “right-wrong” test.
a. M’Naghten standard b. Durham test c. Brawner rule d. Irresistible impulse test
Some violent offenders have a disturbed character structure commonly referred to as psychopathy, sociopathy, or antisocial personality. What is known about the psychopathic personality?
A) ?Children who lack the opportunity to form an attachment to a father figure during the first three years of life are most likely to develop psychopathic personalities. B) ?Children who lack the opportunity to form an attachment to a mother figure during the first three years of life are most likely to develop psychopathic personalities. C) ?Psychopaths are less likely to become chronic offenders than are nonpsychopaths. D) ?Psychopaths, as a rule, experience an inordinate number of abnormal fears.