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What type of sentencing model allows for the early release from a correctional institution after the offender has served the required minimum portion of the sentence?

The recognition that the control of crime cannot rest solely with the police illustrates the idea of​

The interpretation of laws is done by the _______ branch of government.

Violent offenders make up more than what percent of all sentenced incarcerated inmates in state prisons?

What term is used to describe a current movement that believes the purpose of corrections is to punish offenders as severely as possible?

What type of prison facilities have generous visitation policies with contact visitation, sometimes even short home furloughs, and a safer environment for both staff and incarcerated individuals?

The contract labor and convict lease systems were precursors of:

Which of the following challenges the ability of corrections to function as a system?

What term is used to describe a type of sanction that occurs when a convicted offender primarily pays into a victim’s fund for damages caused by the crime?

Which type of jail complies with the Prison Rape Elimination Act in that it establishes a zero-tolerance standard for the incidence of prison rape in U.S. prisons?