According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), ______ are defined as “locally-operated correctional facilities that confine persons before or after adjudication. Inmates who are incarcerated have a sentence of a year or less, but the facility also incarcerates people in a wide variety of other categories.”
a. prisons
b. jails
c. mental institutions
d. day reporting centers
b. jails
You might also like to view...
Name two features in a Web browser that can be sources of information for forensic examiners. How would the examiner use each of these features?
What will be an ideal response?
Federal legislation exists to collect data concerning the incidence of sexual assault in correctional facilities and to develop national standards for preventing prison rape
a. true b. false
Given the circumstances of the battery, the prosecutor is demanding Maria's case be transferred to the adult criminal court system, a process called a(n) a. diversion. b. intake
c. waiver. d. transfer.
________ testing is becoming more popular to analyze drug use, because it can cover a longer span of time than urine testing can
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word