Tonry and Melewski propose that policymakers _______ that they know will treat black offenders more harshly than white offenders.

a. enact laws
b. develop programs
c. create institutions
d. introduce obstacles


a. enact laws

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A. Critical stage theory B. Formal charge doctrine C. Suggestibility D. The vagaries of eyewitness identification

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Sedation from of Rohypnol occurs ____________minutes after consumption

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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The deficiency of vitamin__________ is implicated in Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

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

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. John Howard created the Elmira Reformatory in Auburn, New York, in 1820. 2. Corrections is defined as the process whereby practitioners from a variety of agencies and programs use tools, techniques, and facilities to engage in organized security and treatment functions intended to correct criminal tendencies among the offender population. 3. Determinate sentences consist of fixed periods of incarceration with no later flexibility in the term that is served. 4. The brutalization hypothesis believes that the use of harsh punishments sensitizes people to violence and essentially teaches the offender to use violence rather than acting as a deterrent. 5. Lex talionis was the first written code of law by the King of Babylon.

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