What is a Recidivism?
What will be an ideal response?
The act of relapsing into a problem or criminal behavior during or after receiving sanctions, or while undergoing an intervention due to a previous behavior or crime. In criminal justice settings, recidivism is often measured by criminal acts that result in rearrest, reconviction, or return to prison.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following names capitalism and inequality as being at the root of crime?
a. Feminist criminology b. Left realism c. Marxist criminology d. Postmodernism
Many exonerations are not based on DNA evidence, but on the discovery that prosecutors had ignored or _______ evidence
a. hidden b. destroyed c. contained d. shared
As a clinical diagnosis, Battered Woman Syndrome is thought to be a form of:
a. BPD b. Sororicide c. Depression d. PTSD e. none of the above