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In Coker v. Georgia and Eberheart v. Georgia, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that death is not warranted for certain offenses where the victim was not killed.

Robert Martinson evaluated rehabilitation programs nationwide and concluded that rehabilitation effectively reduced the likelihood of recidivism.

Virtually every state now requires at least 120 hours of preservice training for correctional officers working in institutional settings as well as 40 hours of annual in-service training.

You are a defense attorney for a defendant who is being tried for a capital offense. You argue that because of the defendant’s age, his mental capacity, and because he was provoked, the defendant’s culpability is reduced and he should be saved from the death penalty. You are arguing what kind of circumstances?

Death penalty cases may pass through as many as 10 courts, across three stages during the appeals process.

What are the four traits needed for effective work in corrections?

Presumptive sentencing guidelines are developed by the legislature while determinate sentencing is developed by a sentencing commission.

The use of opinion-based practices in corrections and public policy is now considered the gold standard for policy and program development. 

It is constitutional to execute persons who commit murder before age 18 if it can be shown that their crime was vicious and premeditated.

If you punish an individual seeking to change that person’s behavior it is called