Focus on the legal right to exist in a society where people are free from arbitrary coercion

a. Human rights
b. Civil liberties
c. Civil rights
d. Democracies


a

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The National Congress on Penitentiary and Reformatory Discipline in Cincinnati resolved that the goal of prisons should be __________ in nature

a. retributive b. punitive c. rehabilitative d. disciplinary

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Ninety percent of all people in jail are considered indigent and cannot afford counsel.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Which of the following is a characteristic of restorative justice?

A) Crime is seen as an act against the state and a violation of the law. B) Crime control is the responsibility of the criminal justice system. C) Victims tend to be peripheral in the process of resolving a crime. D) Crime has individual and social dimensions of responsibility.

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A common law principle that allows the state to assume a parental role and to take custody of a child when he or she is in need of care the natural parents are unwilling or unable to provide, is called ________

a. status offense b. stare decisis c. parens patriae d. In re Gault

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