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jwb375

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Three-strikes laws are
 
  a. sentence enhancements mandating longer prison terms for violent offenders with records of violent crimes.
  b. used primarily against offenders who kidnap youths.
  c. largely nonexistent as yet west of the Mississippi River.
  d. responsible for earlier releases of inmates.

Question 2

A national study of drug courts by the federal Government Accounting Office found all but which of the following as outcomes?
 
  a. Recidivism was reduced for participants who had committed different types of defenses.
  b. Participants had higher recidivism events than those in comparison groups.
  c. Lower percentages of participants than those in comparison groups were rearrested and reconvicted.
  d. All of the programs that provided data yielded positive net benefits.


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debra928

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Reply #1 on: Aug 25, 2018
Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

b


jwb375

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Reply 2 on: Aug 25, 2018
Excellent

shailee

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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