Placing offenders behind bars during their prime crime years should lessen their lifetime opportunity to commit crime. This theory is known as the _________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


incapacitation effect

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Should we treat juveniles as adults once they commit a violent crime? What crimes would apply, and how old would the minor have to be in order to be tried as an adult?

What will be an ideal response?

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__________ challenges are the second method used by the prosecution and the defense in influencing who will sit on the jury.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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A ________ is a facility that holds convicted offenders and unconvicted persons for relatively short periods.

A. minimum-security prison B. classification facility C. lockup D. jail

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Forgery of a 3rd degree felony includes all but which of the following?

a. Money, securities, postage or revenue stamps b. Will, deed, mortgage, credit card, check c. Governmental records d. Stocks or bonds

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