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This is a revised version of a manuscript presented at the annual meeting of the Western and Pacific Association of Criminal Justice Educators in Salt Lake City, Utah, in October 1994. The authors wish to acknowledge the research assistance of Roger Driedger of Death Penalty Focus and Penny O'Daniel at the California Department of Corrections, and the insightful editorial comments of Dr. Austin Turk, University of California, Riverside.

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