What is the relationship between the personal characteristics of the offender and the victim and the differences in the imprisonment rate in the United States?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer should indicate that males are more likely to be imprisoned compared to females (14:1). Black non-Hispanic males are imprisoned at almost 6 times the rate of white non-Hispanic males, and black non-Hispanic females are over twice as likely to be imprisoned compared to white non-Hispanic and Hispanic females. There are also disparities by social class. Victim characteristics also determine the likelihood of certain criminal sanctions, particularly capital punishment.
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Sean hasn't always been on the wrong side of the law; he grew up in a two-parent household and at a young age was involved with his church and the community garden that his dad loved. When his dad was arrested and sent to prison for growing copious amounts of marijuana, everything changed. When his father was sentenced, Sean's mom left him with his grandma and disappeared from the scene. Sean has had many chances to reform his behavior in the juvenile system, and his grandmother has tried to get him counseling and a mentor. Despite his young age of 16, Sean was sentenced as an adult in a shooting rampage that killed one and wounded four. Sean hasn't ever come to grips with his childhood and his feelings of abandonment. He has been seeing the prison psychologist and is getting treatment.
What model provides the rationale for giving inmates this opportunity inside prison? A. The medical model B. The Pennsylvania model C. The Auburn model D. The Bill of Rights requires treatment in prison
What are the benefits of using a qualitative data analysis computer software? How can this enhance your analysis?
What will be an ideal response?
Research shows that surveys of people's perceptions of the courts, and opinions of their court experiences, have rarely been used in terms of reform
a. True b. False
During the 1980s and 1990s, juvenile justice philosophy shifted toward a(n) ______.
A. more lenient approach B. law and order approach C. economic approach D. rehabilitative approach