Criminal justice involves all of the following elements, except
A) cultural beliefs of right and wrong.
B) violations of the criminal law.
C) protection of the innocent.
D) fair treatment of offenders.
A) cultural beliefs of right and wrong.
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Home confinement is house arrest where an individual is never allowed to leave his/her home under any circumstances, except to go to court
a. True b. False
Which of the following is an advantage of probation?
A. It lowers the rate of decarceration. B. It provides for the rehabilitation of an offender while saving society the costs of incarceration. C. It facilitates recidivism. D. It controls wrongdoers by suspending their constitutional rights and removing them from the community.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Fulwood v. Clemmer that offenders have basic rights at a ______ hearing.
a. sentencing b. preliminary c. initial d. parole revocation
Sykes and Matza base their neutralization theory on a variety of observations about criminals, among them the observation that:
A) ?criminals hope to plea bargain based upon dispelling their responsibility for their offenses. B) ?criminals view all victims as equal prey for their offenses. C) ?criminals sometimes voice a sense of guilt about their illegal acts. D) ?criminals show respect for their "street smart" peers.