Describe what is meant by the “nonintervention” approach to criminal sanctions.
What will be an ideal response?
Example should explain that the purpose of the nonintervention approach is to enable the offender to avoid the stigma and limitations of being labeled an “ex-con.” Community corrections allow the offender to maintain employment, develop new skills, attend therapy, and remain engaged with their families. They are not further socialized into criminal lifestyles as they would be if they were incarcerated and reintegration is not needed.
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Lack of knowledge or understanding is often the direct cause of debilitating anxieties, fears, and feelings of insecurity among employees. These can often be materially reduced by supervisors if they provide those affected individuals an opportunity to do which of the following?
A. Transfer to a new position B. Talk about their feelings in an informal environment C. Talk about their feelings in a formal environment D. Resign
How do the courts address the problem when two prior decisions are in conflict and no precedent exists?
What will be an ideal response?
This Act officially defined child abuse and neglect.
a. Justice for All Act b. Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act c. Parens Patriae Act d. Child Victims of Crime Act
The “totality of the circumstances” test:
a. Is the modern test for evaluating whether the police may rely on an informant’s report to establish probable cause b. Permits law enforcement officers to rely on the hearsay report of an informant so long as the officer can meet two “commonsense conditions” *c. Modified the Aguilar-Spinelli test established in Aguilar v. Texas d. All of the above