Crim. law- juvenile justice - corrections

According to self-report records, delinquency is

The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS):

Which of the following is NOT a philosophical justification for punishment?

In contrast to federal judges, most state judges are:

The term referring to a difference, but not necessarily involving discrimination is:

Penology is ______

The dark figure of crime is centered on which one of the following

According to the text, the primary responsibility of the government of any country is to

Which of the following is intended as a supplement/replacement for the summary data of the UCR?

Coercive police practices are a violation of this essential element of due process

The three main components of the American Criminal Justice system are

The key goal of the crime control model is

Corrections serves which primary functions for accused and convicted individuals?

Criminal justice is best viewed as a system and a…

The overall conviction rate at trial for felonies is upward of

Which of the following is true of grand juries?

Bentham’s philosophy of social control rests on the principle of

Beccaria advocates that a system of punishment should include

If the grand jury finds probable cause to hold the defendant for trial it returns a…

A trial by a judge without a jury is called a

Which of the following is not true of “law in action”?

According to Durkheim, rituals of punishment function to

Jurors expectations of forensic evidence in even the most mundane of cases has been called…

Retributive justice:

The notion of legal responsibility was called into question by

During what period in history did positivism emerge?

The most influential actor in the courthouse is the

Information and statistics collected by the police, courts and correctional agencies is called

The operation of two separate and distinct court systems in the United States is referred to as

Restorative justice

The ______ model finds its roots in the medical model

Incapacitation works as a form of ______ while offenders are incarcerated

Terminology of the contemporary juvenile justice system emphasizes:

What is the name of a request for a judge to make a decision?

Which of the following is the federal court of last resort in the United States?

Public agencies involved in implementing public policy concerning crime are referred to as

Which is the earliest known written code of punishment?

An example of a conservative approach to juvenile justice would be:

The effect of punishment on future behavior depends on all of the following EXCEPT

______ is the state of having good sense and sound judgment.

The three basic components of the juvenile justice system are

According to the classical school, which of the following is NOT an effective punishment?

According to the text, a good deal of the political rhetoric about crime focuses on…

The FBI’s Uniform Crime Report (UCR):

All of the following are status offenses except

Who is most closely associated with the classical school?

The first juvenile court was established in

The philosophy that the government becomes responsible for the care of children and youth is:

An act that would not be considered a crime if committed by an adult is called

Which of the following is not one of the justice professionals in the courthouse?

The age at which a youth comes under the juvenile court’s jurisdiction is established by

The view that justice involves, offender and victim, government and community, is called:

______ is the most recently identified objective of the practice of punishment

General deterrence focuses on the prevention of criminal behavior in

Self-report studies on delinquency indicate that

The desire to exact revenge can be traced to

Around ninety percent of felony convictions result from

Holding offenders accountable to the victim refers to

Nationwide, approximately 33% of former prisoners reoffend within what time period?

Courts can be classified according to their function (rather than jurisdiction) into