Opponents of rehabilitation efforts in penal institutions get support for their position by pointing to martinson's study, which says that
a. the success or failure of rehabilitation can't be determined in the amount of time an average prisoner spends in jail.
b. people who are "rehabilitated" still commit crimes once released from prison.
c. the american public isn't willing to pay for rehabilitation programs.
d. retribution works better than rehabilitation.

The returns on the common stock of maynard cosmetic specialties are quite cyclical. in a boom economy, the stock is expected to return 22 percent in comparison to 9 percent in a normal economy and a negative 14 percent in a recessionary period. the probability of a recession is 35 percent while the probability of a boom is 10 percent. what is the standard deviation of the returns on this stock?

If a product goes up in price, and the demand for it drops, that product's demand is a. elastic b. inelastic c. stable d. fixed select the best answer from the choices provided

On january 1, 2017, pharoah company issued 10-year, $2,020,000 face value, 6% bonds, at par. each $1,000 bond is convertible into 16 shares of pharoah common stock. pharoah’s net income in 2017 was $317,000, and its tax rate was 40%. the company had 97,000 shares of common stock outstanding throughout 2017. none of the bonds were converted in 2017. (a) compute diluted earnings per share for 2017. (round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. $2.55.) diluted earnings per share