What is the difference between clemency and a pardon?
What will be an ideal response?
A strong answer will differentiate between clemency and pardons as follows; a clemency results in the reduction of an individual’s sentence or in a commutation of a death sentence to life in prison while a pardon exempts an individual from additional punishment.
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Which of the following is NOT a status offense, if committed by a juvenile?
a. Running away from home b. Habitual truancy c. Curfew violations d. Theft
A strategy that entails the police and the public working together to solve problems in the community is called ________.
A. community connections B. community coalitions C. community alliances D. community partnerships
Habitual offender or recidivist statutes that provide for a life sentence after multiple felony convictions are
a. unconstitutional b. routinely found to be cruel and unusual punishment c. allowed on the federal level but not on the state level d. subject to a proportionality test, i.e., the sentence fits the crime
The text describes that correctional administrators need to compromise with external stakeholders with new initiatives. Advice toward this goal is best summed up with the following statement
a. Let the staff be the guide in decision making. b. Do not begin a battle that cannot be won. c. Don't let politicians run your operation. d. Public opinion on an issue is often wrong, don't be concerned with it.