CJ Final

What is the function of the court?

all of the above

In a court, a judge who distinguishes plaintiffs by race, creed, or social class would be violating the principle of:

judicial impartiality

A principle that holds that courts and judges are bound to the law and should make decisions without being under the influence of other governmental or political agents

judicial independence.

Which Amendment of the Constitution has what is known as the "equality clause."

Fourteenth Amdnement

Which court in the United States court system is referred to as the "court of original jurisdiction?"

Courts of General Jurisdiction

Which Civil Law nation's court of last resort does not have the authority to turn down a case?

France

Which Civil Law nation's courts do not have a jury system?

Germany

Which Supranational Court is the United States a member of?

International Court of Justice

Which Supranational Court is the United States opposed to?

International Criminal Court

The judges in Supranational Courts have the legal authority to impose what type of sentence(s)?

All of the above

Follows the Old Testament’s “an eye for an eye.”

Retribution

Rational for punishment that demonstrates to the public that crime is not worthwhile.

General deterrence

Sentence that attempts to reform a criminal offender. 

Rehabilitation

Severest punishment inflicted in most societies today.

Imprisonment

The United States has experienced a boom in building prisons and implementing longer sentences for drug crimes and crimes of violence. This illustrates the United States tendency toward which of the following as a purpose of punishment?

incapacitation

A prison sentence that is suspended and a person guilty of a crime is allowed to continue to reside in the community, with certain restrictions.

Probation

The noncustodial sanction most closely resembling incarceration is:

house arrest.

Which of the following is not true regarding the International Prison Data?

In Saudi Arabia, it is considered immoral to imprison females.

According to international reports such as Amnesty International, which country executes more people than all other countries combined?

China

In most nations, there is a general public opinion that:

The majority of the people in the world support the death penalty

What are the two general types of terrorism?

Domestic and international

What has ideological terrorism morphed into that we continue to deal with today?

Religious terrorism

What is probably the largest terrorist threat of the 21^st century?

Cyber terrorism

What is a characteristic within organized crime circles?

Threats of violence

This nation formed the Special Air Service Regiment and the Metropolitan’s  Anti-terrorist Branch that specialize in detection and apprehension of terrorist suspects.

England

Because of its geographical location, and its extensive and efficient transportation system, France provides an ideal location for European and Middle Eastern terrorist groups to mount their terrorist campaigns throughout Europe and beyond.

France

This nation had one of the most horrifying incidents of modern terrorist activity that occurred during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.

Germany

Nation where terrorism has been directed more towards groups of foreign immigrants rather than government institutions. The major purpose of these groups is to foster hate campaigns against foreign workers and the increasing number of aliens seeking political asylum.

Germany

Nation that has been accused of state-sponsored terrorism against its own citizens.  

China

Nation where in 1996 nineteen US citizens were killed and 500 persons wounded when a truck bomb exploded at the US military base.

Saudi Arabia

difference between international and domestic terrorism

International Terrorism- involves citizens or territory of
more than one country and has an impact that goes beyond
a domestic agenda

Domestic Terrorism- involves persons or groups
committing a terrorist act or acts in their own country,
having some domestic agenda as the goal.

terroristic attacks that have occurred in England

The Real IRA
was responsible for two major incidents
in 1998 in Omagh and Banbridge.
◼ London Subway System - 2005

terroristic attacks that have occurred in France

Because of its geographical location, and

its extensive and efficient transportation

system, France provides an ideal location

for European and Middle Eastern terrorist

groups to mount their terrorist campaigns

throughout Europe and beyond.

◼ Suffered a number of attacks in 1995

terroristic attacks that have occurred in Germany

the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich

terroristic attacks that have occurred in China

1989
Tiananmen Square demonstrations

terroristic attacks that have occurred in Japan

the Japanese Red Army (JRA) an attack on Lod Airport in Israel in 1972 and hijacked a Japan Airlines plane in the sky between Amsterdam and Tokyo in 1973.

In March 1995 the Tokyo subway system was poisoned with sarin gas by a religious cult called the Aum Shrinrikyo.

In 1996 the Japanese ambassador’s residence was the target of terrorism in Peru.

terroristic attacks that have occurred in Saudi Arabia

1979
takeover of the Grand Mosque in Mecca by several hundred fundamentalists of the Wahhabi sect

In June 1996 nineteen US citizens were killed and 500 persons wounded when a truck bomb exploded at the US military base near Dhahran.