A low-level court that focuses on quality-of-life crimes that erode a neighborhood’s morale. Community courts emphasize problem solving rather than punishment and build on restorative principles like community service and restitution.

What will be an ideal response?


Community Court

Criminal Justice

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_____ cocaine is dissolved in ether, heated to boil off the impurities, then ground up and smoked

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Criminal Justice

Which of the following cybercrimes, traditionally involving real estate transactions and straw purchases, now uses contemporary methods like electronic layering,international commodities, and online businesses?

a. fraud b. money laundering c. gambling d. counterfeiting of currency

Criminal Justice

Zack pled not guilty by reason of insanity to killing his parents and his brother. He was arrested after their deaths while walking down the street covered in dried blood and not wearing any clothes. He had always been an introvert, and people used to call him names and say that he was crazy. Over couple of years leading up to the murders, Zack had a lot of blackout-type situations where he found himself somewhere unfamiliar doing something strange and didn't remember the days before he got there. Zack has spent the better part of two years in a locked psychiatric facility awaiting trial. He feels ill from the medicine they make him take, he doesn't recognize the man that they say is his attorney, and now he cannot remember his full name. At this point what is Zack's most important legal

issue at trial? A. His forced treatment and medicine B. Mental competency C. Compulsory process D. Adequate legal representation

Criminal Justice

You are a new correctional officer and you notice that a fellow officer is physically abusive to suspects. How are you going to deal with this situation and which ethical framework is reflected in your approach?

What will be an ideal response?

Criminal Justice