More than 30% of half of all inmates are in jail for ______ offenses
a. violent
b. property
c. drug
d. public order
a. violent
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. In 2006, it was found that oil and gas companies extracting some $60 billion worth of these fuels were cheating American taxpayers by paying tens of millions less in government royalties than they should have paid. 2. Criminal prosecutions for corporate health care provider fraud are complicated and relatively uncommon. 3. Corporations’ shares of the total tax burden increased dramatically in the second half of the 20th century. 4. Price-fixing conspiracies have been uncovered for very few products, but virtually all services. 5. Price-fixing is regarded as exceedingly unethical, but is not specifically illegal.
The key in distinguishing between reinforcers and punishments to keep in mind is that reinforcers are intended to increase the likelihood of a desired behavior whereas punishments are intended to decrease the likelihood of an undesired behavior. In _______________, the term positive refers to the addition of a stimulus rather than the notion that something is good or beneficial. Likewise, the term negative refers to the removal of a stimulus rather than being used to denote something that is bad or harmful.
a. prevention b. treatment c. reality therapy d. operant conditioning
 Which of the following is not a way to legally conduct a search without a warrant?
A. Special needs search B. Stop-and-frisk search C. Automobile search D. Supervisor enforced search E. Witness statement search
A person abducts another and threatens to harm the victim if he or she does not go along peacefully. The actor commits
a. kidnapping, b. aggravated kidnapping. c. unlawful restraint. d. assault.