What is the strategy of building new facilities to meet the demand for prison space?

What is the strategy of doing nothing to relieve crowding in prisons, under the assumption that the problems temporary and will disappear in time?

Which strategy recommends reserving prison space for violent offenders that have not been deterred by other sanctions?

Texas increased its prison number by 700% between 1979 & 2000.

A substance abuse program inside a prison fulfills which purpose of corrections?

According to your text, how many people are incarcerated in prisons and jails in the United States?

What is a system of government in which power and responsibilities are divided between a national government and state governments?

A(n) _______________ sentence is a period of incarceration with minimum and maximum terms stipulated so that parole eligibility depends on the time necessary for treatment. It is associated with rehabilitation. 

Many things are taken into consideration when making correctional policies. According to Chapter 1, which of the following are taken into consideration?

If one were to say, “Only God has the right to take a life; the state does not.”, would this be an argument for or against the death penalty?