Test 1 Flashcards
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a condition said to exist when a group is faced with social change, uneven development of culture, maladaptiveness, disharmony, conflict, and lack of consensus
social disorganization
guaranteed to all members of American society by the U.S. Constitution and are particularly important to criminal defendants facing formal processing by the criminal justice system
individual rights
Who created a cabinet-level “drug czar” position to coordinate the war on drugs?
President Ronald Reagan
In the 1990s, what was the result of the perception that crime rates were increasing, and that offenders were not being punished?
increased focus on individual accountability
What type of crime are we currently seeing a decrease in?
traditional crimes
If you are looking for national crime statistics and want data on crimes reported to the police, which source of data should you use?
Uniform Crime Reporting(UCR)
what type of killing involves killing at least four victims at one location during one event?
mass murder
What is the most common reason why rape victims choose NOT to report victimization?
embarrassment about the crime itself
What does the dark figure of crime refer to?
crime that is not reported to the police
The use of the internet, email, and other electronic communication technologies to bully another person is known as…
cyberstalking
beginning in what decade was there a notable drop in crime that lasted nearly two decades?1
mid 1990s
what is being implied when citizens protest police injustice, since police are an extension of the government?
that the police do not have trustworthy motives
police work is mostly comprised of ______ ________, a fact that police reformers wish was more well known to the public
order maintenance
Which of the following is true about police officers?
A. They assist regular police officers
B. They are almost always part-time
C. They are sometimes paid for their service
D. All of the above
All of the above
Which of the following responsibilities falls under the Social Service function of policing?
A. Intervention with emotionally disturbed individuals
B. Elder abuse
C. Domestic violence intervention
D. All of the above
All of the above
What is true of the 1960s, which proved to be one of the most challenging decades in the history of policing in the United States?
Social disorder produced fear
The ______ ______ involved radical reorganization of police agencies
Reform Era
Police professionalism during the reform era was equated with …
technological advances and improved administration
The police placing more emphasis on impersonal rules, laws, and discipline was an effort to gain _______
legitimacy
What statement about the Political Era is not true?
It involved radical reorganization with a centralized administrative bureaucracy
conduct in violation of the criminal laws of a state, the federal government, or a local jurisdiction for which there is no legally acceptable justification or excuse
crime
the criminal(penal) law, the law of criminal procedure, and the array of procedures and activities having to do with the enforcement of this body of law
criminal justice
scientific study of the non-legal aspects of crime and delinquency, including its courses, correction, and prevention from the viewpoints of diverse disciplines
criminology
the application of procedural fairness to the criminal justice system
procedural justice
