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

1. Three-strikes laws stipulate that offenders must be sentenced to life in prison after their third felony conviction.
2. Hobbes argued that all people were essentially irrational and selfish, but they had just enough rationality to come together to form governments for self-protection.
3. Rousseau described consensus within the ruling group and the need to use force and other means to ensure the compliance of other groups.
4. The due process model posits that defendants should be presumed innocent and that granting too much freedom to law enforcement will result in the loss of freedom and civil liberties for all Americans.
5. The crime control model believes that punishment will serve as a deterrent to crime, but there must be expedience and finality in the courts to ensure the deterrent effect.


1. False
2. True
3. False
4. True
5. True

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