Identify and explain the variety of available alternatives to pretrial confinement

What will be an ideal response?


Answers will vary but should include a discussion of release on one's own recognizance as well as descriptions of various programs and sanctions such as electronic monitoring, house arrest, and treatment programs.

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

1. Preadolescents are temperamentally more at risk when they have high effortful control and low frustration. 2. All three parenting characteristics (overprotection, rejection, and emotional warmth) were significantly related to antisocial behavior (either positively or negatively). 3. Prefrontal cortex dysfunction is the underlying neural structure responsible for the development of psychopathic tendencies. 4. Not all psychopaths are violent and incarcerated criminals.

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Research demonstrates that mentally ill individuals are ______.

a. more likely to be offenders than victims b. more likely to be victims than offenders c. less likely to be convicted for a violent offense d. more criminal than the general population

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Another type of robbery that occurs when the robber knocks at the door and crashes through when a person answers is called a ________.

A. home invasion B. knock and talk C. home rush D. ding dong ditch

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Which of the following is NOT a strategy used by juvenile gangs to recruit new members, according to Martin Sanchez Jankowski's study of gangs in New York, Los Angeles, and Boston?

a. Having a party b. Paying money to new members c. Coercion d. Persuading young men that they have a civic duty to join a gang

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