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Which of these is an assumption made by advocates of positive liberty?

Which of the following is an example of political description?

Despite leaders’ frequent admonishments about “playing politics,” politics is ______.

Which of these ideologies focuses most directly on minimizing government intrusion into people’s personal decisions?

  In the Anti-Intellectual chapter of the reading, how do fascists seek to undermine public discourse by attacking and devaluating education, expertise and language? What are the fascists key moves in each of these three areas?   Do not read to me like a robot. Points will be taken off if you don’t just talk to me like a human being.

_____(1)______ sentences occur when an offender is given multiple sentences that are all served at the same time; ______(2)______ sentences occur when an offender is given multiple sentences that they must serve back to back. 

_____________ was an individual in England in the late 1700s who encouraged legislation to do away with the fee system and became a reformer, visiting gaols throughout England and writing The State of the Prisons in England and Wales in 1777. He was integral in the passing of the Penitentiary Act of 1779. 

Which of the following was NOT one of the reasons given by the text to explain the growth in jail populations from the late 1900s to 2008? 

________________ is the suspension of criminal process while the offender is provided the chance to participate in treatment programs and avoid further criminal activity.

_______(1)________ are sentences that have a maximum and minimum length that is reviewed by the parole board to determine eligibility for release; _______(2)_______ sentences have a fixed term of imprisonment.