Criminal Justice

A Midwestern police department gets funding every year to learn more about the crime of domestic violence and best practices to use when dealing with this type of case. The ______ Act provides them with this funding.

Violence Against Women

A politician is running for governor, and his platform promotes lesser restrictions on guns in his state. He wants his possible constituents to know that less is more in government. He is most likely running on a ______ platform.

conservative

If President Biden wanted to ensure that policy was created in line with his interests, what is something he could do?

Appoint a favorable U.S. Supreme Court judge.

If the governors of several states gathered to talk about criminal justice policies in their states, one thing they could most likely all agree on is that get-tough-on-crime policies have ______.

cost their states too much money

Kai is a current graduate student at the University of Hawaii. She is interested in obtaining funding for victims of domestic violence who are Native Hawaiians. Which piece of legislation might give her funding for her work?

Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act

Micah is about to be released from the Maryland Department of Corrections and will return to his home in Baltimore. He will then be on parole for one year. His wife asked him if he will be able to vote when he returns home. He says that he will ______.

be able to vote once he finishes parole

Officer D’Anjou lives in Phoenix, AZ. He has stopped a person in a lawful arrest. He asks the person if he is an illegal immigrant. Is this something he can legally ask?

Yes, in Arizona he can ask this question.

Roberto works as a researcher who analyses whether or not drug courts work throughout his state. He wants to make sure that all of the counties are implementing the steps of the drug court model in the same manner. He is trying to ensure ______.

program fidelity

The government was not doing much to stop high property taxes in California, so the voters took measures into their own hands to get signatures to petition for a new law. In 1978, two-thirds of California's voters passed Proposition 13, which significantly reduced the state's property tax. This scenario reflects the fact that California functions as a(n) ______ democracy.

direct

Which of the following is an example of an issue in criminal justice?

-sex education in schools

-rehabilitation programs for people who offended

-safe space locations for LGBTQ students in schools

-federal funding for survivors of natural disasters

rehabilitation programs for people who offended

A local police department identifies preventing sexual assault as a top priority in the city. The agency targets local bars where sexual assaults are taking place. They work with these establishments to take preventative measures against future sexual assaults. What type of policing is this agency engaging in?

intelligence-led

Dwayne is responsible for monitoring people who cross the U.S. country lines from Mexico into Texas. Which agency does he work for?

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Which scenario provides an example of zero-tolerance policing?

-police officers investigating a triple homicide

-police officers enforcing the law for all cases of public intoxication

 -a police officer arresting someone for rape

 -a police officer investigating a case of a stolen vehicle

police officers enforcing the law for all cases of public intoxication

You are a police chief in a large urban area. You have just been notified that your budget will be cut by 25 percent in the coming year. What type of policing will you implement in order to offset the budget reduction?

predictive

You are a police chief in an inner-city that exhibits disorder. People deal drugs on the streets, and the physical buildings and surroundings are in disrepair. You want to take a community policing approach, so what is something you should do first to improve the state of the city?

reach out to community members

County sheriffs are responsible for providing ______.

patrol services to unincorporated areas

T/F Research indicates that zero-tolerance policies have been effective at reducing crime

false

The textbook identifies ______ as a major barrier to diversity for police organizations.

retention

Which policy allows for police to use their discretion to briefly detain someone they believe may be engaging in illegal behavior and to pat down their exterior clothing if they believe the individual may have a weapon?

stop-and-frisk

______ policing promotes the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques to address conditions giving rise to public safety issues.

community