________ are similar to sentencing guidelines and use predictive factors to determine offenders' risk to the community and chance for success

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


Parole guidelines

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Which of the following tends to decrease the likelihood of a coerced or false confession?

a. an investigator assuming a disinterested role rather than an adversarial one b. an investigator keeping a suspect isolated from other people c. an investigator exposing a suspect to loud noises or bright lights d. an investigator making false or deceptive promises

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

1. The Progressive period spelled out major changes in correctional reform and gave rise to such great thinkers as Cesare Beccaria. 2. Early correctional reformer John Howard was profoundly influenced by his Quaker beliefs. 3. John Howard believed that English gaols treated inmates inhumanely and needed to be reformed. 4. William Penn is credited with creating the panopticon, which was the first prison ever to be constructed. 5. William Penn proposed the Great Law, which deemphasized the use of corporal punishment and capital punishment for all crimes but the most serious.

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Victim precipitation theory is most contentious when it is applied to ______.

A. homicide B. rape C. robbery D. theft

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What is lethal injection? Do you believe it is “cruel and unusual punishment”? Why or why not?

What will be an ideal response?

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