Sharon wanted to determine if the juvenile boot camp program her county had initiated had a noticeable impact on recidivism. She compared similar juveniles who had taken part in the boot camp and those who received a more traditional sentence. Twelve months after their release, she compared their re-arrest rates. In this experiment, the boot camp was the: a. the independent variable b. the posttest c. the control group d. the dependent variable e. the pretest

You are serving on a jury. a plaintiff is suing the city for injuries sustained after falling down an uncovered manhole. in the trial, doctors testified that it will be 5 years before the plaintiff is able to return to work. the jury has already decided in favor of the plaintiff, and has decided to grant the plaintiff an award to cover the following items: a. recovery of 2 years of back-pay ($34,000 for two years ago, and $36,000 for last year, which ends today). assume that it is december 31 and that all salary is received at year end. this recovery should include the time value of money. b. the present value of 5 years of future salary. assume that the plaintiff's salary would increase at a rate of 3 percent per year. c. $100,000 for pain and suffering. d. $20,000 for court costs. assume an interest rate of 7 percent. what should be the size of the settlement?

Name three things the framers of the constitution did to keep the federal government or any part of it from becoming too powerful.

What happened in georgia as a result of the supreme court ruling in brown v. board of education? question 3 options: the sibley commission was formed all public schools were desegregated the southern christian leadership was formed the general assembly passed laws to keep schools segregated.