A Policy Designed to Lock Up Only the Few High-Rate

question 38

Multiple Choice

A policy designed to lock up only the few high-rate offenders or career criminals is known as

• A) pretrial detention
• B) preventive detention
• C) selective incapacitation
• D) gross incapacitation

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Definitions:

National Counseling Exam

A standardized examination for credentialing counselors in the United States, assessing knowledge and competency in the field.

Frequency Distribution

A method of understanding test scores by ordering a set of scores from high to low and listing the corresponding frequency of each score across from it.

Histogram

A method of converting a frequency distribution of scores into a bar graph. After combining scores by class interval, the class intervals are placed along the x-axis and the frequency of scores along the y-axis.

Interval

A range of values between two points, often used in statistics and measurements.