CJ Policymaking MIDTERM Q AND A

1. Qualitative research typically involves _____

In-depth, descriptive research

The illusive criminal justice experiment means that _____

It is hard to create criminal Justice experiments in a classical setting because social phenomena cant easily be reproduced in a lab (almost impossible to test)

A private foundation supplying a criminal justice agency with funding is providing what?

Soft money

Which of the following is NOT a type of displacement?

vector

1. Herbert packer described two competing crime control policies, as the crime control perspective and the ____

Due process perspective / model

What type of case is at the top of the criminal justice wedding cake?

Celebrated cases

The liberal / democratic perspective closely resembles the ___ perspective?

Due Process

1. ____ thinkers believes self interest, coercion and political power are factors best describe social interaction

Conflict

1. ____ thinkers believe that people agree on what issues are of most concern to social welfare

Consensus

1. The ____ awarded more than eleven billion in grants to hire police officers in the U.S. 

Violent Crime Control Act of 1994

1. College degrees for officer advantages include what?

broader base for decision making, tolerance and empathy, flexible in handling difficult decisions, better communication, responsibility

1. ___ is an advanced technology tool involving less than lethal approaches to the crime problem

Taser (Conducted energy device)

1. The strategic process for prosecutors include?

prosecutors develop creative approaches to the crime problem (some with get tough or more liberal approaches) more about reducing crime

1. Which of the following crimes prompted Richmond Virginia's project exile

Gun violence

1. Megan's law requires states to provide communities with information about ____

local sex offenders

1. All parties involved in a criminal offense come together through ____ to resolve collectively the aftermath of the offense

Restorative justice

1. Successful completion of a drug treatment program results in _____

charges or sentencing is dropped

1. People's knowledge of an offenders criminal act and their public disproval of the act is accomplished through ____

Shaming

1. Plea bargaining might undermine the criminal process by deciding that the defendant is guilty without _____

without a trial

1. San diego's prosecutors once sought restraining orders against ____ to drive them away from businesses

Prostitutes

1. Criminology is called hard science

False

1. Conservatives believe crime is a product of individual choice

True

1. Due process model favors a liberal approach to individual rights

True

1. Crime control model emphasizes quality over quantity 

False

1. Those who believe in the non system model of criminal justice believe that there is a lack of communication between agencies

True

The 311, 211 systems was intended to free up police resources

True

1. Private police / police have same authority

False

1. Ferguson effect is strongly centered on officers going on strike

True

1. Directed patrol requires officers to focus resources on solving crime in city 

True

1. RTIC is intelligence led policing much like a fusion center

True

1. NIBRS collects more detailed information, gives context to specific crime problems and provides greater analytical flexibility.

True

1. No drop policies are an example of the harder side of get tough prosecutorial approaches for crime control 

True

1. Civil forfeiture is used extensively by prosecutors as an alternative to criminal prosecution

True

1. Deferred prosecution requires defendants to plead guilty to a crime and provided they complete a diversion or treatment program, the plea will be removed from their record 

True

1. In U.S. the majority of criminal convictions are the results of trials

False

1. A common legislative response to certain social problems is to ban it

True

1. Legislative gun control has created laws on altering gun design and limiting the right to carry it.

True

1. The Brady bill sought to immediately allow people to purchase and take possession of fire arms 

False

1. Diversion program seek to keep an offender out of the CJ system

True

1. Restorative justice is a form of domestic violence court 

True