Appellate courts primarily review the legal decisions made by trial courts. In doing so they serve dual purposes. The first is error correction, what is the second?
a. policy formation
b. vacating sentences
c. issuing stays
d. issuing writs of certiorari
A
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a. 5% b. 13% c. 15% d. 18%
In the study of terrorism, ____ is the process through which a person adopts extremist positions.
a. decompensation
b. radicalization
c. alienation
d. acculturation
What contributions to modern probation did John Augustus make that continue today?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. According to Chambliss, the middle class embodied conventional morality of the time. 2. Labeling theory explores the criminalization process with a focus on factors that might explain the behavior of the authorities rather than that of the offenders. 3. At the same time the Marxist theories were attacking capitalism they were criticizing conventional criminology. 4. Marxist criminology assumes that a war on crime will only tend to make society itself more violent. 5. Peacemaking criminology has a strong religious element.