Multiple Choice
According to the text, three-strikes laws have been criticized for all of the following, EXCEPT:
A) three-strikes laws make the public angry about harsh and expensive punishments.
B) there are much cheaper and equally effective alternatives than long imprisonment.
C) three-strikes laws have been applied to relatively minor, nonviolent third offenses.
D) longer prison sentences are handed down to offenders who are "aging out" of crime.
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Q23: According to the text, _ are the
Q24: The restorative justice approach, which includes face-to-face
Q25: Discuss three alternatives to prison (you choose
Q26: There are stark racial disparities in incarceration.
Q27: Sentencing decisions are based on the crime
Q29: Early in the history of America, crimes
Q30: Determinate sentencing means that judges are _,
Q31: A rather radical approach to sentencing guidelines
Q32: Sentencing guidelines are supposed to assist judges
Q33: Sam has been in prison before and,