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Case 10-1 Scott Is a 24-Year-Old High School Dropout

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Case 10-1 Scott is a 24-year-old high school dropout. He has been in and out of trouble with the law since he was a teenager, committing mostly public nuisance offenses such as disorderly conduct and public intoxication. His girlfriend just broke up with him because he had noambition in his life and she did not want totake care of him. She threw him out of her apartment. Scott just agreed toplead guilty for the crime of burglary after he broke intohis ex-girlfriend's car tosteal the change that she keeps in the cup-holder. ​
The prosecutor in this case is adamant that Scott serve some jail time. In the plea discussions, the prosecutor suggests that Scott agree tospend ninety days in jail and then he will automatically serve a two-year probation sentence. This suggested sentence is known as: ​


A) boot camp.
B) shock incarceration.
C) shock probation.
D) suspended sentence.

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