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Prison and Plea. Use the data in the accompanying table
Chapter 4, Problem 1RE(choose chapter or problem)
Prison and Plea. In Exercises 1–10, use the data in the accompanying table (based on data from “Does It Pay to Plead Guilty? Differential Sentencing and the Functioning of the Criminal Courts,” by Brereton and Casper, Law and Society Review, Vol. 16, No. 1). Express all probabilities as decimal numbers.
Guilty Plea |
Plea of Not Guilty |
|
Sentenced to Prison |
392 |
58 |
Not Sentenced to Prison |
564 |
14 |
Prison and Plea if 1 of the 1028 subjects is randomly selected, find the probability of selecting someone sentenced to prison.
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QUESTION:
Prison and Plea. In Exercises 1–10, use the data in the accompanying table (based on data from “Does It Pay to Plead Guilty? Differential Sentencing and the Functioning of the Criminal Courts,” by Brereton and Casper, Law and Society Review, Vol. 16, No. 1). Express all probabilities as decimal numbers.
Guilty Plea |
Plea of Not Guilty |
|
Sentenced to Prison |
392 |
58 |
Not Sentenced to Prison |
564 |
14 |
Prison and Plea if 1 of the 1028 subjects is randomly selected, find the probability of selecting someone sentenced to prison.
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