Explain the theory of the chronic offender and its importance for the criminal justice system
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? Wolfgang's research in the 1970s resulted in the theory that chronic offenders are
responsible for the majority of violent criminal offending.
• As a result of this research, law enforcement and prosecutors have developed strategies to identify and convict chronic offenders.
• Habitual offender laws that assign longer sentences to repeat offenders are also a result of chronic offender research.
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Confucianism believes that:
a. social order can be achieved through moral and political reforms b. humans are by nature good or capable of goodness c. group consciousness (or collectivity) is the main force motivating people to avoid illegal or immoral activity d. all of the above
PSI reports for various convicted offenders may be waived with:
A) the approval of the prison warden where the offender will be housed. B) offender and judicial approval. C) PO approval. D) All of the above
With regard to the right to confrontation, the defendant must be physically present and:
a. remorseful. b. respectful. c. mentally competent. d. represented by counsel.
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