CH 7: Crime Control through Legislation

Crime Control Strategies

Which federal act sought to have gun dealers run background checks on prospective buyers?

The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act

Megan’s Laws require states to provide communities with information about…

Sex Offenses

This was enacted to help address corporate fraud by providing for new and improved accounting standards for public companies in the United States

Sarbanes-Oxley Act

What measures self-reported drug use among high school students?

Monitoring the Future

President _________ signed the Patriot Act into law on October 27

Bush

Gun ______ programs are short-lived and voluntary

Buyback

Right-to-carry laws all but guarantee that people who are not barred from purchasing guns can carry guns, often in a ____________ manner

concealed

Which approach includes trigger locks and personalized gun technology?

Altering gun design

It is estimated that enforcing America’s drug laws costs the federal government about _____ annually.

$18 billion

The ______ regulates virtually all consumer products, but not firearms

Consumer Product Safety Commission

According to one source, at least _____ of the national U.S. drug control budget is spent on apprehending and punishing drug dealers and users

75%

Under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, the most ________
offenders were required to register for life due to the serious nature of their offenses

serious

Research indicates that judges, and even the public, do not consider ___________ a serious offense

prostitution

Presently, all _______ (with the exception of rural counties in Nevada) have chosen to
criminalize prostitution

states

The so-called _____ model of notification requires paroled sex offenders to directly notify the community they reside in of their offense

active

The most common legal challenge to sex offender registration is based on the __________ Amendment’s double jeopardy provision

Fifth

One of the most common approaches to crime control in the United States is for legislators to ban certain _________ and substances that are thought to contribute to the crime problem

devices

So long as the justice system fails to target the demand for drugs that exists, the supply will eventually find its way to ______

consumers

Critics of drug and gun bans argue that criminalization creates a black market where products and services will be provided by profit-seeking criminal _______

syndicates

Research suggests that ___________ resulted in only modest reductions in the consumption of alcohol, despite significant increases in the costs of alcohol resulting from the policy

prohibition

America’s war on drugs has had little adverse affect on inner-city communities

False

Participation in “buyback programs” of firearms is strictly voluntary

True

The Brady Bill sought to establish waiting periods for purchasing guns

True

The Eighth Amendment prohibits government from bringing someone to trial again after acquittal

False

America’s prohibition of alcohol is often cited as a resounding success and evidence we should continue bans on substances

False