Review Table 10-1 on page 250 and Table 10-2 on page 251 . Discuss your observations on crimes based on gender and crimes based on race. What patterns are apparent?
What will be an ideal response?
Gender: males commit a larger percentage of crime when compared to women. There is more equality when looking at forgery and fraud and greater disparity when looking at violent offenses.
Race: more black defendants than white defendants are arrested for almost all offenses. There are more white offenders for forgery, driving related offenses, and other property offenses.
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______ stresses the harm caused to victims of crime and requires offenders to engage in financial restitution and community service to compensate the victim and the community to make them whole again.
a. Retribution b. General deterrence c. Resolution d. Restoration
SIGINT involves all of the following except?
code-breaking
cryptanalysis
satellite imagery analysis
foreign language analysis
Which of the following is similar to the term guilty in the adult system?
a. adjudicated b. disposition c. commitment d. aftercare
Specific actions and policies that consistently show (with scientific reliability) that they “work,” based on defined outcomes, such as cost-effectiveness, reduced crime, increased satisfaction levels, and reduced injury rates are known as:
a. Evidence-Based Practices b. Value-Added Attributes c. Directed Policies d. Validated Tasks