The PCC gang of Brazil is primarily concern with

a. extortion
b. motorcycle laws
c. prisoners' rights
d. fighting rival gangs


C

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Which of the following are not one of the National Detention Standards?

a. marriage requests b. group presentation on legal rights c. disciplinary policy d. television requests

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Which of the following is a TRUE statement?

A) The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act eliminated gender bias. B) The act of contempt is not a criminal type offense, so no sentence of detention can be applied. C) Evidence suggests that juvenile court judges apply their contempt powers more often to female status offenders than their male counterparts. D) Judges are more likely to charge a male runaway for contempt than a female runaway.

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In what case did SCOTUS affirm judges' power to increase maximum sentences based on prior convictions without juries finding out that there were prior convictions, or without defendants having confessed to the prior crimes?

a. Harris v. U.S. b. Apprendi v. New Jersey c. Blakely v. Washington d. U.S. v. Booker

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Situational engineering is described by the text as:

a. manipulation of the work place environment to gain the willing compliance of employees. b. a person's attitudes and behavior being indirectly influenced by an agent's manipulation of relevant aspects of the physical and social situation. c. making physical changes in the environment of the employee. d. adapting job requirements to the physical environment.

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