What was the significance of the Enlightenment on correctional thinking?

What will be an ideal response?


Strong answers will cite the Enlightenment’s rejection of traditional ideas about punishment. These were replaced by a more rational approach to such things as human rights, liberty, and justice.

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Under the U.S. Constitution a grand jury is not fundamental to liberty and justice

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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A ____________ admission is a statement of which the party has manifested an adoption or belief in its truth

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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One of the five common techniques to annul guilt is denial of responsibility, where:

A. perpetrators claim that those injured deserved what happened to them. B. perpetrators claim that things happened because of factors over which they had no control. C. perpetrators claim to be victims. D. perpetrators claim to be trying to achieve a more important purpose.

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Of the 89,000 women serving sentences in state prisons in 2013, % were serving sentences imposed for drug offenses.

a. 24.6 b. 29.5 c. 34.7 d. 42.1

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