In the Booker decision, the justices said that sentencing guidelines are:
a. mandatory.
b. discretionary.
c. ridiculous.
d. binding.
B
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The realignment act allows for offenders to be transferred to local facilities to ease prison overcrowding
a. True b. False
According to Hirschi, which is an example of indirect control?
A. when a child calls his or her parents to ask if it is okay to commit a crime B. when parents discipline their children for doing something wrong C. when children are not in the same location or physically separated from their parents but children refrain from offending because their attachment makes parents psychologically present D. when parents supervise their children while in their presence
Which one of the following is true concerning crime in the United States?
a. Crime in the United States is relatively new. b. The Uniform Crime Report is published monthly. c. The most crime-prone age is 18 to 25. d. About 80 percent of the victims of crime report the crime to the police.
According to the wedding cake model, the top layer of the criminal justice system consists of _____ cases
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word