Long-term trends over the last 25 years indicate that the number of women in jails has ______.

a. increased at the same rate as the number of men
b. stayed the same
c. decreased
d. decreased at the same rate as the number of


b. stayed the same

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Spree murders are characterized by:

a. sometimes being called cluster killings.
b. no victims killed by a single perpetrator.
c. three or more victims killed by a serial couple.
d. killings in one location.

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From the 1700s to the early 1800s, children were disciplined and punished for crimes

A. by the church. B. through an elaborate judicial process. C. by a jury of their peers. D. by parents and other adults in the community.

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A police captain reported that when officers were assigned old patrol cars, they complained frequently. However, when assigned brand new patrol cars, they did not express much appreciation, nor did their productivity increase. How might this example illustrate Herzberg's two-factor theory?

a. The absence of hygiene factors can cause dissatisfaction. b. The presence of hygiene factors is not motivational. c. Intrinsic factors are not present. d. all of the above

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In the 1500s in Brideswell, a workhouse was built to hold those convicted of minor offenses, who would work to pay off their debt; serious offenders were held there until their execution

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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