What are the major arguments for and against inmates being issued condoms?
What will be an ideal response
• On the one hand, this would seem to be a common-sense issue of prisoners' rights and a means of preventing AIDS.
• Conversely, it is argued that doing so would fly in the face of prison regulations against inmates engaging in sexual relations for reasons relating to security and sexual violence. Issuing condoms sends the wrong message—it encourages consensual or coercive sex (and prison rapists might use condoms to avoid leaving DNA evidence after their assaults)—and condoms can be used to conceal drugs.
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In Davis v. Mississippi (1969 ) and in Hayes v. Florida (1985 ) the Supreme Court held that the police violated the Fourth Amendment rights of persons who were detained in order to obtain ____________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
With _______________, offenders are sentenced to a term of confinement only to be released after a set time and ordered to serve the remainder of their time on probation. The logic behind such action is that the offender will develop a natural dislike of incarceration and will seek to abstain from criminal behavior in hopes of avoiding such unpleasant incarceration.
a. split sentencing b. shock incarceration c. differential association d. boot camp
At the ________ stage, juvenile probation officers screen complaints by deciding to refer the juvenile to an agency for service, or refer the case to the court for judicial action
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The _____ is the critical target for counterterrorism
a. Node b. Unit c. Mode d. Cell