What was the Refuge Period?

What will be an ideal response?


• The period from 1824 to 1899 when delinquent or neglected children were placed in a home for training and discipline. These Houses of Refuge were created to house, train, educate, and provide good habits for wayward children through strict discipline, and were usually operated by charitable or religious organizations.

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College degrees for police officers have no direct effect on crime, but what might be some indirect advantages to police officers obtaining a college degree in criminal justice?

What will be an ideal response?

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What is one explanation for why probationers have lower recidivism rates than those who are incarcerated?

A. Probationers are less likely to be inherently criminal. B. Probationers are more closely scrutinized than those who are incarcerated. C. Probationers are more likely to receive intense rehabilitation services. D. Probationers are able to maintain personal, family, and work ties.

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Stare decisis is a law that makes an act criminal after it was committed or retroactively increases the penalty for a crime; such laws are forbidden by the U.S. Constitution

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Many terrorism analysts began looking at radicalization and alienation in the first part of the twenty-first century? their focus tended to be on individuals attracted to extremism

a. Islamic b. Christian c. Jewish d. Hindu

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