While youth gang membership is correlated with delinquency, research on the length of gang involvement, meaning the longer a youth stays affiliated with a gang, finds no correlation with disruption into adulthood
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
False
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Truth-in-sentencing laws were created:
A. to let prisoners who exhibit good behavior during jail term get an early release. B. with the primary goal of providing the public with more accurate information about the actual amount of time an offender will spend behind bars. C. to allow judges and jury members to have more discretion in sentencing offenders. D. with the intention of dissuading offenders and witnesses under oath from giving false statements and penalizing them for presenting false evidence in court.
In which of the following circumstances would the meaning of “due process” change?
A. The president signs an executive order overturning the first 15 Amendments to the Constitution. B. The Congress passes a law invalidating the Fifth Amendment. C. The Supreme Court issues a ruling on a case involving due process. D. The United Nations declares due process illegal.
Laws that require long prison sentences for persons convicted of a third felony are known as ______ laws.
A. time served B. truth in sentencing C. three-strikes D. split sentencing
Sentences are usually reserved for certain types of offenders, including violent and serious drug offenses and habitual offenders
a. Determinate b. Presumptive c. Mandatory d. Indeterminate