The parole board's authority to grant or deny parole is based on:
a. assessment of the risk of the inmate to the community.
b. assessment of the parolees readiness to return to the community.
c. both of these.
d. neither of these.
c
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Three-strikes laws provide lengthy prison terms, typically of 25 years or more, to a person convicted of three _________ offenses.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
______ are characteristics that are inherent to the offender and are usually permanent in nature.
A. Security-level determinations B. Static risk factors C. Dynamic risk factors D. Both static risk factors and dynamic risk factors
A local mayor hears that a protest is planned for his town. He does not like the cause, and he wants to send them a message that he does not want them to protest in his hometown in the future. As a result, he attempts to call on military members from the federal military installation to provide enforcement. The mayor hopes that seeing fully-equipped military members patrolling their streets will discourage the protest organizers from going forward with the event. Why would he most likely be denied this request?
A. because to do so could be seen as an act of war B. because the military aren’t trained to arrest people C. because the Governor would be required to override this request D. because he Posse Comitatus Act of 1873 prohibits the military from acting in the place of local law enforcement
Which of the following would NOT be an example of evaluation research?
a. analyzing the effect the D.A.R.E. program has on students using drugs b. analyzing a reading intervention program to understand if students’ literacy levels increased c. Analyzing the concentration of gun crimes in hot spots d. analyzing the effect of job training and education programs on the likelihood of recidivism by ex-felons