____________are correctional facilities that house those that have been sentenced to prison for the violation of a state law

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


State prisons

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The presentence investigation serves as the basis for sentencing and has a significant influence on whether the convicted defendant will be granted community release or sentenced to secure confinement

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Which of the following is a key consideration for prosecutors when deciding whether to offer a defendant a plea deal?

A. a defendant's willingness to avoid incarceration B. a victim's desire to have the case go to trial C. the strength of the case D. a defendant's willingness to testify in another case

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What percentage of the rest of those convicted of murder in state courts are sent to prison?

A) 65. B) 72. C) 86. D) 93.

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The central limit theorem states ______.

A. That whenever descriptive statistics are to be computed, the sample statistic must exceed the sampling distribution mean. B. Prior to the calculation of inferential statistics, basic descriptive results must be generated to act as a bridge between the theoretical distributions and the empirical observations. C. Prior to the calculation of descriptive statistics, an infinite number of large samples must be drawn from the population under study, thus ensuring a normally distributed sample. D. That any time descriptive statistics are computed from an infinite number of large samples, the resulting sampling distribution will be normally distributed.

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