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6 years ago
Which of the following categories of offenders is NOT held in a jail?
 
  A) individuals pending arraignment and awaiting trial, conviction, or sentencing
  B) mentally ill people, pending their movement to appropriate mental health facilities
  C) probation, parole, and bail bond violators and absconders
  D) inmates sentenced to terms of more than ten years



(Question #2) Which was NOT a requirement for English prisons and jails as specified by the English Penitentiary Act of 1779?
 
  A) secure and sanitary structures
  B) housing inmates in common cells
  C) systematic inspections
  D) abolition of fees charged to inmates



(Question #3) All of the following are responsible for the significant increase in the use of jails from 2000 to 2008 EXCEPT ________.
 
  A) the tough on crime mentality of the public
  B) the overcrowding of state and federal prisons over the past decade
  C) the increasing use of split sentences
  D) the serious budget crises of local governments



(Question #4) Which of the following is an early English term for a jail?
 
  A) lockup
  B) workhouse
  C) gaol
  D) jail



(Question #5) What is the benefit of including personal and life history information in an offender's PSI?
 
  What will be an ideal response?
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6 years ago
1)  Answer: D

2)  Answer: B

3)  Answer: D

4)  Answer: C

5)  Answer: Answer should include discussion of how judges may be more lenient and/or sentence the offender to treatment dispositions rather than just incarceration if he/she has certain needs or traumatic life experiences.
ebonyadams Author
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6 years ago
Now I'm convinced to ask more questions Slight Smile
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