The majority of police agencies in the United States are:
A. small, local agencies
B. large city police departments
C. state police agencies
D. federal law enforcement
A. small, local agencies
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Which judicial approach was influenced by the 13th Amendment, which states that “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States . . .”?
A. The hands-on doctrine, which suggested that prisoners have constitutional rights. B. The free-world doctrine, which believes that prisoners retain rights to carry on communications through mail. C. The prisoners’-rights doctrine, which argues that prison inmates retain all the rights of free citizens except those which involve due process. D. The hands-off doctrine, which argues that prisoners were “slaves of the state.”
Discuss the “moral panics” that occurred with respect to delinquency instigation from the 1900s into the 2000s.
What will be an ideal response?
In 2006, the Vera Institute of Justice released a report on the findings of the Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons, which found that ______.
A. prison workers do not receive enough respect for their hard work B. more segregation practices are needed to restore order in prisons C. prisoners in modern America have high levels of help and hope D. corrections workers seldom attempt to improve conditions for prisoners
One area researchers have identified as correlated with delinquency is that of social problems; rates of delinquency increase as the level of social problems increases. Delinquency rates, according to researchers, have been correlated with which of the following?
a. Unwed mothers b. Single fathers c. Unemployed mothers d. Parents who are divorcing