Which of the Following Reason(s) Presented by the American Probation

question 56

Multiple Choice

Which of the following reason(s) presented by the American Probation and Parole Association and the Association of Paroling Authorities have been used to justify the continued usage of parole in America?

• A) Parole boards can impose prisoner participation in treatment programs.
• B) Victims have a greater say in parole board hearings than the automatic releases.
• C) Release decisions are made by a computer under automatic release.
• D) All of these choices are correct.

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Definitions:

Measure Of

A general term for a quantitative indicator used to assess or evaluate a specific attribute or property.

Geometric Mean

The central tendency of a set of numbers that is calculated by taking the nth root (where n is the count of numbers) of the product of the values.

Weighted Mean

The mean obtained by assigning each observation a weight that reflects its importance.

Arithmetic Mean

The sum of a set of numerical values divided by the number of values, commonly referred to as the average.