What two factors stand out as encouraging recidivism?
What will be an ideal response?
Seriousness of the original offense
Severity of the punishments
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Which of the following is a qualitative research method that studies a culture or cultures that some group of people shares, using participant observation over an extended period?
A. participatory action research B. ethnography C. netnography D. focus groups
Summarize and discuss the State v. Cotton case. What was the main issue being discussed? What are the findings in this case? Do you agree? Why or why not? If New Mexico was following the Model Penal Code for Criminal Solicitation, how would this case be ruled differently?
What will be an ideal response?
Interpretation of the Eighth Amendment requires that prison officials provide for all of the following EXCEPT ______.
a. educational programming b. medical attention c. food d. protection from sexual abuse
A Supreme Court justice claimed, “To put people behind walls and bars and do little or nothing to change them is to win a battle but lose a war. It is wrong. It is expensive. It is stupid.” Who was it?
a. Thurgood Marshall b. Clarence Thomas c. Warren Burger d. Earl Warren