List and define the four elements of the correctional system
What will be an ideal response?
? Probation: court-ordered community supervision of convicted offenders by a probation agency.
? Parole: community supervision after a period of incarceration.
? Jail: a county correctional facility that holds persons awaiting trial or a sentence, serving a sentence of less than a year, or awaiting transfer to another facility.
? Prison: a state or federal facility that houses convicted criminals sentenced to confinement of a year or more.
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Technicians and laboratory personnel examine the physical evidence and report their findings. Explain why these reports often use general and not absolute terminology and give some examples of the terminology they may and may not use
What will be an ideal response?
When a grand jury decides there is enough evidence for an indictment, it issues a(n):
a. complaint. b. information. c. true bill. d. statement of noncollusion.
All of the following states have a juvenile age of jurisdiction of 17 except:
a. Oklahoma. b. Louisiana. c. Arkansas. d. Kansas.
House arrest with electronic monitoring is more expensive than housing an offender in jail
Indicate whether the statement is true or false