Explain the two reasons the American criminal justice system is a nonsystem.
What will be an ideal response?
The two reasons are as follows: 1) There is no single system but instead a loose confederation of many independent criminal justice agencies at all levels of government. 2) Rather than being a smoothly operating set of arrangements and institutions, the agencies of the criminal justice system interact with one another but generally operate independently, often causing problems for one another.
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Which of the following was the first law to address computer crime in which the computer is the
subject of the crime? A) USA PATRIOT Act B) Electronic Communications Privacy Act C) Computer Fraud and Abuse Act D) Pen/Trap Statute
Public order crimes are sometimes referred to as:
A. violent crimes. B. legal crimes. C. victimless crimes. D. felony crimes.
According to your textbook authors, Latessa, Cullen, and Gendreau (2002) noted that the lack of focus on treatment is often guided by what they referred to as “_______________.”
a. penal insanity b. correctional quackery c. correctional fraud d. penal charlatanism
The three essential steps in resolving the causality problem are demonstrate that a relationship exists between the key variables, specify the time order of the relationship, and __________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).