List five reasons for violence in prisons
What will be an ideal response?
• 1) Overcrowded prison conditions; 2) tensions between inmate gangs; 3) the powerlessness, boredom, and sexual frustration of inmates; 4) the importation of street cultures of "face to face rivalries, retaliation, machismo, disrespect, and drunkenness"; and 5) the simple fact that prisons hold violent people who act out in violent ways.
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a. Carrion beetle b. Mite c. Spider d. Blow fly
What is an outcome of correctional institutions transitioning to a video visitation system as opposed to an in-person visitation system?
A. decreases in inmate mental health B. increases in costs due to expanded staff training C. increased inmate tension D. Reduced risk of contraband
Fusion centers operate as regional terrorism intelligence centers, they do not have real interface among federal agencies.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The notion of ___________ suggests that an individual can only be subjected to one prosecution or punishment for a single offense in the same jurisdiction.
A. double jeopardy B. self-incrimination C. fundamental fairness D. incorporation E. jurisprudence