Donald Is an "Old-Timer" in Prison

question 62

Multiple Choice

Donald is an "old-timer" in prison. He is serving a 50-year sentence for second-degree murder. Correctional programs and services were very different when Donald entered prison in 1963. He often does the inmate orientation at his prison, where he meets with all the incoming inmates and discusses prison life with them. Donald also runs some of the group programs at the institution. He tells the new group of inmates that participating in a group program can be beneficial and help them adjust to prison life and also help to rehabilitate them. He specifically recommends that those inmates addicted to drugs attend a group program. Which of the following is the group designed to divert drug users from the criminal justice system?

• A)anger management programs
• B)self-help programs
• C)service projects
• D)the therapeutic community

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Definitions:

Alternative Hypothesis

The hypothesis that states there is a statistically significant relationship between variables, contrasting the null hypothesis.

Directional

Pertains to specifying the direction of an effect or relationship in hypotheses or experimental research.

Non-directional

Hypotheses that predict a relationship between variables without specifying the direction of the relationship.

Null Hypothesis

A statistical hypothesis that assumes no significant difference or effect exists.