The Primary Purposes of Prisons Are to Hold People Accused

question 75

True/False

The primary purposes of prisons are to hold people accused of crimes until their court dates and to hold people convicted of lesser offenses who were sentenced to less than one year of incarceration.

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Definitions:

Mature Forms

Fully developed stages of organisms or their features.

Private Speech

Speech spoken to oneself for communication, self-guidance, and self-regulation rather than for communicating with others; often observed in children as a developmental stage.

Self-Regulation

The ability to monitor and control one's own behavior, emotions, or thoughts, adjusting them according to the demands of the situation.

Morality Of Constraint

A concept in moral development theory referring to younger children's understanding of morality as a set of unchangeable rules imposed by authority.