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
Ninety percent of all people in jail are considered indigent and cannot afford counsel.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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.
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