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Case 10-1 Scott Is a 24-Year-Old High School Dropout

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Case 10-1 Scott is a 24-year-old high school dropout. He has been in and out of trouble with the law since he was a teenager, committing mostly public nuisance offenses such as disorderly conduct and public intoxication. His girlfriend just broke up with him because he had noambition in his life and she did not want totake care of him. She threw him out of her apartment. Scott just agreed toplead guilty for the crime of burglary after he broke intohis ex-girlfriend's car tosteal the change that she keeps in the cup-holder.
The judge has scheduled a conference in his chambers with the prosecutor and the defense attorney. He instructs the twoattorneys that he wants a plea deal with an agreed upon sentence the next morning. The judge explains tothe prosecutor that many offenders are placed on probation for the same offense that Scott committed and never serve any jail or prison time. The judge further explains that if Scott is placed on probation, he will require that Scott attend alcohol counseling and anger-control therapy. These conditions that the judge orders are referred toas:

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