Sentencing guidelines refers to laws that require offenders to serve a substantial proportion (usually 85 percent for violent crimes) of their prison sentence before being released on parole.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
False
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Determinate sentencing laws are highly effective in reducing prison overcrowding
a. True b. False
Brookes and other critics of American prisons contend that operating a humane prison system is almost impossible because correction has ______ as its dominant purpose/justification/ideology.
What will be an ideal response?
Research that uses human subjects is: (3-5)
A) subject to international review board review B) considered to be unethical C) considered unreliable D) subject to institutional review board review
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. If the F test leads us to reject the null hypothesis, we must then conclude that the two population standard deviations are the same. 2. A researcher wishing to compare the values of parents and children collects data from 10 children and their parents. The t test for dependent means would be the appropriate statistical analysis. 3. A researcher wishing to compare the values of parents and children collects data from 10 children and their parents. The t test for dependent means would be the appropriate statistical analysis. 4. When testing for a difference between proportions, a researcher would use the z statistic instead of the t statistic. 5. At the end of a study, girls (N = 100) increased their reading score by 38% while boys (N = 200) increased it by 51%. Based on these findings, the researcher can accept the null hypothesis that there is not a difference between the two groups.