Which of the following statements regarding the impact of new sentencing structures and practices is TRUE?
A) Prison populations will begin to decrease started to decrease.
B) The discretionary power of many prosecutors has decreased.
C) Judges no longer have any discretion in sentencing decisions.
D) Judges' discretionary power has decreased.
D
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Alphonse Bertillon created the first:
a. Weapon of mass destruction. b. Human clone. c. "Modern" system of personal identification. d. DNA profile.
Which of the following decreases the odds that children will come to respect the need to obey laws and other social norms?
a. Dilapidated neighborhoods b. Expanded use of the death penalty c. Violent video games d. Drug decriminalization
Which does not characterize the environment of a criminal defense practice?
A. Clients whose lives and problems are depressing. B. Poor pay. C. Uninteresting cases. D. Usually on the losing side. E. Cases that often catapult an attorney to national prominence?.
Which theory explains criminal careers in terms of stigma-producing encounters?
a. Cultural deviance b. Differential association c. Social control d. Social reaction (labeling) theory