What is a Criminal Justice System?
What will be an ideal response?
The aggregate of all operating and administrative or technical support agencies that perform criminal justice functions. The basic divisions of the operational aspects of criminal justice are law enforcement, courts, and corrections.
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If the crime control model dominates the future of the administration of justice, it is likely that ________ will be strongly discouraged and limited.
A. appeals B. plea bargains C. grand juries D. preventive detention
In the context of the philosophical rationales for the imposition of punishments, identify a true statement about deterrence.
A. Special deterrence is the prevention of individuals from committing crime again by punishing them. B. An advantage of general deterrence as a rationale for punishment is that social science is able to measure its effects. C. Specific deterrence is the prevention of people in general from engaging in crime by punishing specific individuals and making examples of them. D. Cesare Beccaria and other classical theorists believed that retribution rather than deterrence is the only legitimate purpose for punishment.
Daytime is from
a. one half hour after sunrise to one half hour before sunset b. one hour before sunrise to one half hour after sunset c. one half hour before sunrise to one hour after sunset d. one half hour before sunrise to one half hour after sunset
This philosophy of punishment seeks to target "career criminals" by locking them up for a lengthier timeframe than that of a first-time offender
a. incapacitation b. special deterrence c. rehabilitation d. selective incapacitation e. deterrence