In Gregg v. Georgia, the Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty violated the Eighth Amendments prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
FALSE
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Developing policies with the purpose of improving the physical and social environments to decrease crime is an example of which of the following theories:
a. demonological b. classical/neoclassical c. ecological d. economic
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The term "Middle East" is used to describe the concept of the Muslim world, despite the fact that many residents of the Middle East are not even Muslim and a larger Muslim population exists outside of the Middle East. 2. resident Morsi was removed as President of Egypt by the military, who acted because the people who voted for him and the Muslim Brotherhood just the previous year called for it. 3. Gama’a al Islamiyya (IG) is still relevant today, working with but independently from Al Queda. 4. GIA gained its support from Islamists abroad, when they saw that the GIA avoided targeting citizens at all costs. 5. Groups like Boko Haram and its affiliates across Africa may be far more brutally violent than even the acolytes of Bin Laden can accept.
Which of the following would be considered a mala prohibita crime?
a. Public intoxication b. Murder c. Rape d. Burglary
Community corrections programs are designed to ______.
a. help offenders reintegrate into society b. deter offenders from committing more crime c. incapacitate offenders who have committed serious crimes d. provide victims and their families some reassurance that justice was met