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Counseling
Q:
The "third degree" ended as a result of what U.S. Supreme Court decision?
a. Terry v. Ohio
b. Brown v. Mississippi
c. Carroll v. United States
d. Miranda v. Arizona
Q:
Factors influencing the filtering process through the correctional system include department policy an________d .
Q:
The right to counsel contained within the Miranda ruling applies only when the subject of an interrogation:
a. is in custody.
b. is accused of a felony crime.
c. has been deemed indigent.
d. has made an admission of guilt.
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________ offenders have been convicted of violent crimes or drug offenses.
Q:
Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Apply objective criteria to all prisoners
b. IQs of less than 70
c. Person who sees criminality as their life
d. Mental patient returns to the community
e. Julie Schenecker is one
f. Confined for life or until cured
g. Classification based on possible future criminal conduct
h. Classification based on appropriate correctional treatment
i. Classification based on seriousness of crime
j. Person who spends more than 10 years incarcerated
Program criteria
Q:
Restorative justice sees crime as a violation against which of the following?
a. Victim and community
b. Offender and the state
c. Law and justice
d. Fairness and equity
Q:
In the Booker decision, the justices said that sentencing guidelines are:
a. mandatory.
b. discretionary.
c. ridiculous.
d. binding.
Q:
Explain whether you believe the Officer Next Door program is effective? If the Officer Next Door program is effective should the program be implemented in only metropolitan communities? What would be the smallest community for which this program could be beneficial? Defend your position.
Q:
What is the broken windows model of policing? Can an unrepaired broken window lead to a higher rate of crime in a neighborhood? Do you think the broken windows model has validity in modern policing? Support your argument.
Q:
Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Apply objective criteria to all prisoners
b. IQs of less than 70
c. Person who sees criminality as their life
d. Mental patient returns to the community
e. Julie Schenecker is one
f. Confined for life or until cured
g. Classification based on possible future criminal conduct
h. Classification based on appropriate correctional treatment
i. Classification based on seriousness of crime
j. Person who spends more than 10 years incarcerated
Long-term prisoner
Q:
Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Apply objective criteria to all prisoners
b. IQs of less than 70
c. Person who sees criminality as their life
d. Mental patient returns to the community
e. Julie Schenecker is one
f. Confined for life or until cured
g. Classification based on possible future criminal conduct
h. Classification based on appropriate correctional treatment
i. Classification based on seriousness of crime
j. Person who spends more than 10 years incarcerated
Mentally handicapped
Q:
Judges may go outside of the sentencing guidelines if aggravating or __________ circumstances exist however they must provide a written explanation for this.
a. mitigating
b. maddening
c. frustrating
d. exaggerating
Q:
Punishments less severe than prison but more restrictive than traditional probation are:
a. restorative sanctions.
b. indefinite sanctions.
c. immediate sanctions.
d. intermediate sanctions.
Q:
Discuss how the war on terror has affected community policing.
Q:
Discuss the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services and the effect it has had on law enforcement. In your opinion, has this office been a success? What have been the positive and negative aspects of this office?
Q:
Legislatures concerned with the correctional goal of treatment prescribe a(n):
a. determinate sentencing scheme.
b. indeterminate sentencing scheme.
c. mandatory sentencing scheme.
d. presumptive sentencing scheme.
Q:
Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Apply objective criteria to all prisoners
b. IQs of less than 70
c. Person who sees criminality as their life
d. Mental patient returns to the community
e. Julie Schenecker is one
f. Confined for life or until cured
g. Classification based on possible future criminal conduct
h. Classification based on appropriate correctional treatment
i. Classification based on seriousness of crime
j. Person who spends more than 10 years incarcerated
Career criminal
Q:
Sentencing guidelines are designed to:
a. reduce disparity in sentencing for similar offenses
b. increase and decrease punishments for certain offenders and offenses
c. reduce prison overcrowding
d. all of these
Q:
Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Apply objective criteria to all prisoners
b. IQs of less than 70
c. Person who sees criminality as their life
d. Mental patient returns to the community
e. Julie Schenecker is one
f. Confined for life or until cured
g. Classification based on possible future criminal conduct
h. Classification based on appropriate correctional treatment
i. Classification based on seriousness of crime
j. Person who spends more than 10 years incarcerated
Situational offender
Q:
Discuss the difference between problem-oriented policing and incident-driven policing.
Q:
Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Apply objective criteria to all prisoners
b. IQs of less than 70
c. Person who sees criminality as their life
d. Mental patient returns to the community
e. Julie Schenecker is one
f. Confined for life or until cured
g. Classification based on possible future criminal conduct
h. Classification based on appropriate correctional treatment
i. Classification based on seriousness of crime
j. Person who spends more than 10 years incarcerated
Risk criteria
Q:
Discuss the successes of the New York Police Department and its experience with community policing.
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Since the _________, retribution as a justification for the criminal sanction has aroused new interest.
a. 1930s
b. 1950s
c. 1970s
d. 1990s
Q:
Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Apply objective criteria to all prisoners
b. IQs of less than 70
c. Person who sees criminality as their life
d. Mental patient returns to the community
e. Julie Schenecker is one
f. Confined for life or until cured
g. Classification based on possible future criminal conduct
h. Classification based on appropriate correctional treatment
i. Classification based on seriousness of crime
j. Person who spends more than 10 years incarcerated
Offense criteria
Q:
Name three of the programs administered and supported by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) of the U.S. Department of Justice and discuss them.
Q:
Punishment designed to repair damage to both victim and community is:
a. rehabilitation.
b. retribution.
c. reintegration.
d. restorative justice.
Q:
Depriving an offender of the ability to commit crimes against society, usually by detention in prison, is:
a. deterrence.
b. retribution.
c. incapacitation.
d. rehabilitation.
Q:
Punishment of criminals that is intended to be an example to the public and to discourage the commission of offenses by others is known as:
a. specific deterrence.
b. specific retribution
c. general deterrence.
d. general rehabilitation.
Q:
Discuss how community policing strategies are being used in the fight against terror and the ways in which community policing can contribute to homeland security.
Q:
Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Apply objective criteria to all prisoners
b. IQs of less than 70
c. Person who sees criminality as their life
d. Mental patient returns to the community
e. Julie Schenecker is one
f. Confined for life or until cured
g. Classification based on possible future criminal conduct
h. Classification based on appropriate correctional treatment
i. Classification based on seriousness of crime
j. Person who spends more than 10 years incarcerated
Classification systems
Q:
Discuss the contributions of Herman Goldstein to the concept of problem-solving policing.
Q:
Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Apply objective criteria to all prisoners
b. IQs of less than 70
c. Person who sees criminality as their life
d. Mental patient returns to the community
e. Julie Schenecker is one
f. Confined for life or until cured
g. Classification based on possible future criminal conduct
h. Classification based on appropriate correctional treatment
i. Classification based on seriousness of crime
j. Person who spends more than 10 years incarcerated
Civil commitment
Q:
According to the concept of __________, offenders are returned to society once they are cured.
a. deterrence
b. retribution
c. incapacitation
d. rehabilitation
Q:
Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Apply objective criteria to all prisoners
b. IQs of less than 70
c. Person who sees criminality as their life
d. Mental patient returns to the community
e. Julie Schenecker is one
f. Confined for life or until cured
g. Classification based on possible future criminal conduct
h. Classification based on appropriate correctional treatment
i. Classification based on seriousness of crime
j. Person who spends more than 10 years incarcerated
Deinstitutionalization
Q:
Discuss the importance of the research of scholars James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling to the concept of community policing.
Q:
______ asserts that a person who has infringed the rights of others deserves to be penalized or punished.
a. Deterrence
b. Retribution
c. Incapacitation
d. Rehabilitation
Q:
As many as ____________ percent of child molesters were themselves molested as children.
a. 10
b. 90
c. 25
d. 50
Q:
Define problem-solving policing, and give three specific examples of actual problem-solving policing programs.
Q:
Define community policing, and give three specific examples of actual community policing programs.
Q:
The most notably used sentencing guidelines used throughout the United States is the _______________________:
a. Minnesota Sentencing Guideline
b. New York Sentencing Guideline
c. Pennsylvania Sentencing Guideline
d. Georgia Sentencing Guideline
Q:
Probationary sentences emphasize guidance and ______________ in the community.
a. employment
b. educational attainment
c. supervision
d. family connectivity
Q:
Prostitution is considered more a(n) ____________ crime than a sex crime.
a. violent
b. public order
c. economic
d. property
Q:
Experts usually cite _________ as reasons wrongful convictions occur.
a. plea-bargaining pressures
b. community pressure
c. eyewitness error
d. all of these
Q:
A __________ is an organization composed of individuals from various federal, state, county, and municipal law enforcement agencies in an area through which these individuals facilitate the gathering and sharing of intelligence information and the evaluation of this information.
Q:
Although the mere act of ______________ is not considered a serious offense, the collateral acts of predatory crime and violence are considered quite serious.
a. stealing
b. consensual sex with a minor
c. vandalism
d. drug abuse
Q:
What does it mean when we say the courts had a hands-off policy prior to 1960? When did this judicial policy end and why? What followed as this policy came to an end? Do you think the courts should have a role in determining and monitoring correctional policy and practice? Discuss your reasoning.
Q:
According to Clear, Cole, and Reisig, __________ is the most visible penalty imposed by the criminal justice system.
a. imprisonment
b. probation
c. parole
d. the death sentence
Q:
An untapped resource that can greatly contribute to the mission of keeping the homeland safe and that could prove to be an extremely valuable partner to law enforcement is the __________industry.
Q:
The plan initiated in 1997 allowing police officers to receive 50 percent discounts and low-cost loans to purchase homes in "distressed" areas nationwide was called the __________ program.
Q:
According to Herbert Packer, which of the following is NOT an element of punishment?
a. an offense
b. the infliction of pain because of the commission of the offense
c. use of community justice tactics to deter the offender
d. a dominant purpose to prevent further offenses or to inflict pain on the offender
Q:
Discuss the impact of the prisoners' rights movement that ultimately changed corrections in this country. When answering, be sure to highlight key events, cases, and decisions that can be considered causal and inspirational for the movement.
Q:
The goal of rehabilitation is oriented solely toward the _____________and does not imply any consistent relationship between the severity of the punishment and the gravity ofthe crime.
a. state
b. victim
c. offender
d. law
Q:
__________ was established to administer the grant money provided by the 1994 Crime Bill and to promote community policing.
Q:
What are the three foundations of correctional law? Describe how each operates and give an example of each. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each approach.
Q:
List and explain three alternatives to litigation. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each. Which one do you think is most effective in maximum security prisons for men? For women? Please fully explain your answers.
Q:
Among the stated goals of the correctional process as mentioned by the authors, which of the following does not overlap with the objectives of the other purposes?
a. Rehabilitation
b. Deterrence
c. Incapacitation
d. Retribution
Q:
With reference to time, rehabilitation is:
a. future-oriented.
b. present-oriented.
c. past-oriented.
d. both future- and present-oriented.
Q:
Programs through which officers live in particular communities to strengthen relations between the police and the community are called __________.
Q:
According to the author, In a retributive justice model those who commit a particular crime should be punished:
a. subjectively.
b. alike.
c. differently.
d. mercifully.
Q:
__________ involves a continued reliance on traditional policing operations.
Q:
Community policing is more easily facilitated with the __________ available today, which helps police maximize their outreach to the community.
Q:
Define and explain what is meant by a writ of habeas corpus. What is its significance for inmates? Should it be limited? Why or why not? Discuss the changes to habeas corpus post 9/11.
Q:
As a result of the Supreme Court decision in ______________, correctional officials may search cells without a warrant and seize any materials found there.
Q:
The concept of selective incapacitation rests on the idea that:
a. most serious offenders require short periods of incarceration.
b. a small number of offenders are responsible for a disproportionate number of violent and property crimes.
c. the cost of incarceration can be decreased by housing only serious and repetitive offenders.
d. the crime rate will remain relatively stable if serious felons are incarcerated for long periods.
Q:
Since the 1940s, the Supreme Court has maintained that the ______________ Amendment holds a special position in the Bill of Rights because it guarantees those freedoms essential in a democracy.
Q:
__________ involves officers thinking, not just responding to yet another call for duty.
Q:
The idea of problem-solving policing can be attributed to __________.
Q:
Which concept holds that human behavior is governed by the individual's calculation of the benefits versus the costs of ones acts:
a. Egalitarianism.
b. Utilitarianism.
c. Positivism.
d. Marxism.
Q:
The argument that community preservation, public safety, and order maintenance, not crime fighting, should become the primary focus of police patrol has come to be known as the __________ model approach to policing.
Q:
The concept of good time is provided to inmates in certain correctional facilities based on:
a. medical issues
b. complaints to internal affairs
c. visits from family
d. vocational programs
Q:
. ___________ refers to means of ensuring a legitimate state interest (such as security) that impose fewer limits on prisoners' rights than do alternative means of securing that end.
Q:
With the rise of the medical model, the emphasis in corrections shifted to:
a. vocational programs for criminals.
b. educational programs for offenders.
c. the treatment and diagnosis of criminals.
d. work release programs for criminals
Q:
_______________ refers to an interest of the state that must take precedence over rights guaranteed by the First Amendment.
Q:
The first institution to embody the principles of the Cincinnati Prison Congress was:
a. Sing Sing Prison.
b. Auburn State Penitentiary
c. Elmira Reformatory.
d. Cincinnati City Prison.
Q:
_________ refers to the responsibility for the provision of monetary or other compensation awarded to a plaintiff in a civil action.
Q:
The seminal article in the Atlantic Monthly that many believe was responsible for the modern state of community policing was written by __________ and __________.
Q:
The "congregate" system of prison discipline was first instituted at the:
a. Walnut Street Jail.
b. Sing Sing Penitentiary.
c. Eastern Penitentiary.
d. Auburn Penitentiary.
Q:
Many believe that the modern state of community policing began with a seminal 1982 article entitled __________.
Q:
The first recognized U.S. Supreme Court case recognizing the termination of the hands-off policy was the case of________ .
Q:
A public official who investigates complaints against government officials and recommends corrective measures is a(n)________ .