Incidence is measured by dividing the number of offenders by the size of the population
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
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The inability to pay bail disproportionately affects the ______.
A. women B. poor C. men D. rich
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Investigator perceptions and interpretations of body language may not be admissible in court; therefore, they are basically worthless as evidence. 2. Fingerprints are always circumstantial evidence. 3. A defendant can be convicted of a crime with circumstantial evidence alone. 4. Circumstantial evidence is not necessarily less valuable than direct evidence in establishing proof. 5. A defendant's previous admission or confession may be admitted into court as hearsay.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The creation of supermax prisons has led to the decrease in use of warehousing prisoners. 2. One outcome of punitive policies has been the increase in rehabilitation programs. 3. Over the last decade, not all states have experienced increases in their use of incarceration rates. 4. One explanation for the decline in incarceration rates can be attributed to reduced state populations.
Most crimes occur in July and August, with the exception of murder, which occurs frequently in:
A) ??December and January. B) ??September and October. C) ??February and March. D) ??May and June.