Chapter 1 pt. 1

Question 1

How does the criminal justice system have conflicting goals and competing expectation?

Answer 1

• Protect society while ensuring rights

- Deter offenders without spending a lot of money

Question 2

True or False: Most offenders will be imprisoned for their crimes

Answer 2

False; Most offenders are not imprisoned

Question 3

What percentage will be released?

Answer 3

90%

Question 4

The cost of imprisonment and pressure of overcrowding may lead to:
(1)
(2)
(3)

Answer 4

(1) front-door programs
(2) back-door programs
(3) additional programs

Question 5

What is the difference between front-door and back-door programs?

Answer 5

front-door programs- prior to incarceration

back-door programs- after incarceration

Question 6

What are some examples of front-door programs?

Answer 6

Community service
DUI school
Domestic Violence counseling
Probation

Question 7

What are some examples of back-door programs?

Answer 7

Parole

Question 8

What is truth-in-sentencing?

Answer 8

circates where we don’t need parole or parole officers; you can go a percentage of your sentencing

Question 9

True or False: Nevada has the three strikes you’re out law

Answer 9

True

Question 10

What does Nevada call it’s “three strikes you’re out” rule?

Answer 10

Habitual Criminal

Question 11

What is the result of some states abolishing parole boards?

Answer 11

• Correctional Custody in the Community

- Released without Supervision

Question 12

_________ is one of the states that has abolished parole boards.

Answer 12

California

Question 13

When parole is abolished, inmates tend to serve __ months less on their sentence.

Answer 13

7

Question 14

More police = more _______ = more prisons/jails = more parole/probation officers

Answer 14

arrests

Question 15

More police = more arrests = more prisons/jails = more ______/_________ _______

Answer 15

parole/probation officers

Question 16

More _______ = more arrests = more prisons/jails = more parole/probation officers

Answer 16

police

Question 17

More police = more arrests = more _______/_____ = more parole/probation officers

Answer 17

prisons/jails

Question 18

The criminal justice system is a system that is not _________

Answer 18

systematic

Question 19

Police receive about ___% of budget
Courts receive about ___% of budget
Corrections receivea about ___% of budget

Answer 19

42%
22%
29%

Question 20

True or False: The police arrest more people than the rest of the system can handle

Answer 20

True

Question 21

What is bargain justice?

Answer 21

a deal on both sides

Question 22

Release without the use of Parole Boards analysis= ________ ______

Answer 22

revolving door

Question 23

What is crime?

Answer 23

a violation of a criminal law

Question 24

How much of crime is cleared by an arrest?

Answer 24

1/4 (25%)

Question 25

Who is a criminal?

Answer 25

a person convicted of a crime

Question 26

What are the characteristics of the average criminal?

Answer 26

Male Younger than 20-30 yrs old Poor Minority

Question 27

What are the 3 main classes of criminal thought?

Answer 27

1) Classicalism 2) Neoclassicalism 3) Positivism

Question 28

Is this Classicalism, Neoclassicalism, or Positivism: | 18th Century Enlightenment Period

Answer 28

Classicalism

Question 29

Is this Classicalism, Neoclassicalism, or Positivism: | Justice based on equality

Answer 29

Classicalism

Question 30

Is this Classicalism, Neoclassicalism, or Positivism: | Social contract= enjoy the same rights

Answer 30

Classicalism

Question 31

Is this Classicalism, Neoclassicalism, or Positivism: | No additional factors that make someone a higher risk

Answer 31

Classicalism

Question 32

Neoclassicalism maintains the belief in ____ ____

Answer 32

free will

Question 33

Is this Classicalism, Neoclassicalism, or Positivism: Also considers: past criminal record, insanity and retardation, and age

Answer 33

Neoclassicalism

Question 34

Is this Classicalism, Neoclassicalism, or Positivism: | Allowing psychiatrists, social workers into court

Answer 34

Neoclassicalism

Question 35

Is this Classicalism, Neoclassicalism, or Positivism: | Presence of mitigation factors

Answer 35

Neoclassicalism

Question 36

Positivism is based on philosophy and law, whereas positive view is based on empiricism in an effort to _________ ____ ______ ___ ______

Answer 36

determine the cause of crime

Question 37

Is this Classicalism, Neoclassicalism, or Positivism: | scientific method

Answer 37

Positivism

Question 38

Positivism views crime as a ________

Answer 38

symptom

Question 39

Is this Classicalism, Neoclassicalism, or Positivism: | Biological, psychological and/or social issues

Answer 39

Positivism

Question 40

Is this Classicalism, Neoclassicalism, or Positivism: | Emphasis on the criminal not the crime

Answer 40

Positivism

Question 41

Is this Classicalism, Neoclassicalism, or Positivism: | Offender has little or no control

Answer 41

Positivism

Question 42

Is this Classicalism, Neoclassicalism, or Positivism: | Punishment is innappropriate; they must be "treated, corrected, or rehabilitated"

Answer 42

Positivism

Question 43

Positivism is the complete opposite of ____________

Answer 43

classicalism

Question 44

What are the 8 tenets of classicalism?

Answer 44

1) Humans are rational 2) All persons are created equal 3) Equal stake in society and equal stake in prevention 4) Free Will 5) People seek pleasure avoid pain 6) Punishment is fair, equal to all 7) Punishment is proportionate to the offense 8) Punishment must be prompt and certain