Surveys demonstrated ______ among the public for locking up offenders from the 1970s to the mid-1990s, as crime rates were rising. “Get tough” sentencing policies enjoyed 85% approval rates in the 1990s but by 2012, approval ratings for “get tough” policies had dropped to ______.
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Widespread support, 62%
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Prior to the enactment of "child support guidelines," which of the following was not true?
A. A parent paid what he wanted to pay. B. The amount of payment was left up to the judge's discretion. C. Single-parent homes existed at/below the poverty line D. Support was calculated using combined parental incomes and a complicated formula.
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Rehabilitation can be considered a form of punishment
a. True b. False
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How can early biological theories of crime be critiqued?
What will be an ideal response?
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Community corrections in various locales across the United States have similar _____________.
A. goals B. laws C. populations D. crime problems
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