Maconochie's mark system allowed for inmates to be released once they earned the required level of marks through work and good behavior
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About 90 percent of all parolees are white
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Distribution-free statistics are:
a. not entirely distribution free. b. are free of the normal distribution assumption. c. often used in social research because data are measured at nominal- and ordinal levels of measurement. d. All of the above.
Michael Gottfredson and Travis Hirschi describe ordinary crime as providing immediate and easy gratification of desires, few long-term benefits, little skill or planning, and pain for the victim
Based on this description of ordinary crime, they define crime as a. "violations of the historically determined rights of individuals." b. "violations of federal, state, or local criminal laws." c. "acts of force or fraud undertaken in pursuit of self-interest." d. "deviations from widely accepted social norms."
Which of the following is a recommendation of the 1967 report by the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice?
a. Inmates must be given the opportunity and capability to earn a living wage to compensate their victims and support their families. b. Most inmates derive minimum benefit from their incarceration during the first two years. c. Community-based corrections are more expensive and less effective than incarceration. d. The rates of pay for prison inmates should be set at approximately half the wage for similar labor.