What is a Determinate Sentencing?
What will be an ideal response?
A model of criminal punishment in which an offender is given a fixed term of imprisonment that may be reduced by good time or gain time. Under the model, for example, all offenders convicted of the same degree of burglary would be sentenced to the same length of time behind bars.
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Describe and discuss the ticking bomb argument. Do you think it can justify torture of dangerous, captured terrorists? Briefly explain your position.
What will be an ideal response?
Asian gangs, with close links to sophisticated criminal organizations are involved in money laundering, illegal gambling, counterfeiting, the theft of computer software, and the smuggling of illegal aliens into the United States
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Females constitute ______ of inmates in the United States.
A. 3% B. 7% C. 1% D. 1%
Approximately two-thirds of the young men and women confined have ______ which will continue into young adulthood.
A. extensive histories of juvenile delinquency B. histories of multiple mental health disorders C. prior convictions for violent offenses D. reluctance to reform their behaviors