The federal government and many states use sentencing __________ to limit judicial discretion in sentencing.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


guidelines

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Organizations are rich in politics: bargaining, negotiating, and intimidation by their members in order to attain resources, power, status and influence

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The most common criticisms of probation and parole programs focus upon their failure to:

A) downsize overstaffed probation and parole agencies. B) rehabilitate offenders. C) manage large offender-client populations. D) All of the above

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Which of the following is NOT a technique that when used by a person to procure a genuine signature on a writing that has legal significance constitutes forgery?

A. threats B. artifice C. other fraudulent devices D. trick

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A ______ is a legal entity that permits a business to make use of capital provided by stockholders.

a. commission b. corporation c. independent broker d. organization

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