Most often, private prisons lobby for policy changes that will ______.

A. improve the lives of incarcerated individuals
B. increase their profit margins
C. help reduce the crime rate
D. encourage alternatives to incarceration


B. increase their profit margins

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Police lawfully enter an apartment to arrest a man for drug possession. They find a large quantity of drugs openly displayed. The police may lawfully arrest the man's wife although there was no suspicion against her when the police unered the apartment

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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In his 1950s study of the Gary, Indiana, Police Department, ________ was the first to consider the existence of a police subculture

A) Kirkham B) Paoline C) Westley D) Brown

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Which of the following is not a cause of violence recognized by youths?

a. The media b. Substance abuse c. Peer pressure d. Religious youth groups

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Although most prisons are classified as medium-security prisons, more than half of all inmates are held in ____________________ institutions

A) ?minimum-security B) ?maximum-security C) ?super-maximum-security D) ?drug rehabilitation E) community-based

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