Contrast the medical model of addiction with the criminal model of addiction
What will be an ideal response?
? Those who subscribe to the medical model of addiction believe that addicts are not criminals, but mentally or physically ill individuals who are forced into petty crimes to support their drug habits.
? Those in favor of the criminal model of addiction believe that abusers and addicts pose a danger to society and should be treated just like any other criminal offender.
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In regard to the mental and physical suitability of women to perform correctional work, the Supreme Court finds that:
A. no job qualification has the capacity to restrict women’s employment in male correctional facilities. B. women are not physically or mentally capable of engaging in correctional work in male institutions. C. women can be excluded from work in male correctional facilities if there is a bona fide job qualification that women cannot perform. D. Women should only be employed in female correctional institutions where the risk of their harassment is low and the infringement on privacy rights of men is not at issue.
Of those offenders participating in a home detention program in 2014, ________ percent of them were being electronically monitored.
A. 25 B. 50 C. 96 D. 76
The speedy trial clause prohibits:
a. any delay in prosecution. b. delays caused by the state. c. delays due to trials of other defendants. d. only undue delays.
Prosecutors are not influenced by the political system
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false