How did the Martinson findings of "nothing works" influence the use of parole and the medical model?
What will be an ideal response?
• For public officials desiring to reduce costs and make corrections more punitive, this study provided statistical support, and their arguments for a return to determinate sentences gained momentum.Over the next two decades, fifteen states and the federal government ended the use of indeterminate sentencing and discretionary parole, in which the decision to release the offender was made by a parole board. Twenty other states severely limited the parole-eligible population.
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In which of the following cases did the U.S. Supreme Court extend the protection against warrantless searches to overnight guests residing in the home of another?
a. Brady v. U.S. b. Minnesota v. Olson c. Miranda v. Arizona d. U.S. v. Leon
A formal accusation of criminal activity by a grand jury is a(n)
A. indictment. B. information. C. complaint. D. bill of attainder.
Neighborhood residents who are respected members of the community in Elijah Andersons' study were called:
a. street preachers. b. Winfrees. c. right men. d. old heads.
Which of the following states that it is fraudulent for a business to falsely represent itself in terms of security?
a. Foreseeability b. Premises liability c. Legal duty d. Fraud doctrine