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MirandaLo

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Community-based corrections are an important means of diverting criminals to alternative modes of punishment so that scarce incarceration resources are consumed by only the most dangerous criminals.
 
  a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 2

___________ refers to acts that are considered crimes only because they have been codified as such through statute.
 
  Fill in the blank(s) with correct word



Pariscourtney

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Answer to Question 1

TRUE

Answer to Question 2

Mala prohibita



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