Criminal justice is best viewed as a ______.
a. group of policies and procedures designed to provide consequences for unacceptable behavior
b. process of formal behavioral control
c. collection of individuals charged with making decisions as part of a formal effort to control human behavior
d. research endeavor conducted by trained scientists
c. collection of individuals charged with making decisions as part of a formal effort to control human behavior
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When the suspect is under arrest or is not free to leave because arrest is pending, a ____________________ interrogation situation occurs
a. custodial c. non-custodial b. preparation d. suspicious
A "second cluster" of police research since the 1970s found that:
a. Preventive patrol is costly, and rapid response to calls for service is overrated. b. Two-person patrol cars are better. c. Police make many arrests for serious crimes while on patrol. d. The police alone can have a major impact on crime rates.
Who observed long ago that "The policeman's world is spawned of degradation, corruption and insecurity. He walks alone, a pedestrian in Hell."
a. Governor Nelson Rockefeller c. William A. Westley b. President Harry S. Truman d. Joseph Wambaugh
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Asian Americans receive harsher sentences on average than Whites or African Americans. 2. In 1988, Congress passed the U.S. Sentencing Commission Report which established a 100 to 1 quantity ratio differential between powder and crack cocaine. 3. The PSI is not an important document in regard to sentencing. 4. In the federal system, probation officers create the PSI.