Alexander Maconochie used a _____ system, whereby the duration of a sentence would be decided by the prisoner's good conduct
a. determinate
b. demerit
c. checks-and-balances
d. marks
d
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In 2015, the USA PATRIOT Act was superseded with modifications by ______.
A. USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act B. Department of Homeland Security Act C. USA FREEDOM Act D. Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act
SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which of the following is a surprising finding discovered by Katz and Schnebly (2011) in their Arizona study?
a. Gang members and non-gang members committed violent acts together. b. Neighborhoods where social control was highest had the highest concentration of gang activity. c. Neighborhoods with many gang members were not always the same as neighborhoods with high levels of officially recorded violence. d. Population density did not affect the concentration of gang members.
Advocates of the _____ model feel police, courts, and correctional agencies should concentrate their efforts on diverting law violators out of the formal justice system, thereby helping violators to avoid the stigma of formal crime labels
a. crime control c. due process b. equal justice d. nonintervention
The theory of crime that includes in its concepts basic human impulses, the desire for autonomy, deviant predispositions, feelings of debasement, situational risk and opportunity is:
a. Critical incident metatheory. b. Control balance theory. c. Evolutionary ecology theory. d. Chaotic engagement theory.