Discuss the goals of the criminal justice system.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary. As its name implies, the explicit goal of the criminal justice system is to provide justice to all members of society. Because justice is a difficult concept to define, this goal can be challenging, if not impossible, to meet. Broadly stated, justice means that all individuals are equal before the law and that they are free from arbitrary arrest or seizure as defined by the law. In other words, the idea of justice is linked with the idea of fairness. Above all, it is desirable that laws and the means by which they are carried out are fair.Within the broad mandate of "maintaining justice," Megan Kurlychek of the University at Albany, New York, has identified four specific goals of the American criminal justice system:1. To protect society from potential future crimes of the most dangerous or "risky" offenders,2. To determine when an offense has been committed and provide the appropriate punishment for that offense,3. To rehabilitate those offenders who have been punished so that it is safe to return them to the community, and4. To support crime victims and, to the extent possible, return them to their precrime status.
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a. insanity b. Durham Rule c. irresistible impulse d. guilty but mentally ill
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. According to Gottfredson and Hirschi, social bonds with others are the restraints that allow people to resist crime and other short-term gratification. 2. A General Theory of Crime, written by Gottfredson and Hirschi (1990), keeps the same core concepts as Hirschi’s earlier work in Causes of Delinquency (1969). 3. Tittle argues that deviance will occur when there is too little control or too much control. 4. According to Hirschi, in patriarchal families, boys have stronger preferences for risk-taking that increase their involvement in delinquency. 5. According to Tittle, it is human nature to deviate.
Which of the following is NOT considered a factor in biological explanations of crime?
a. environment b. nutrition c. genetic predisposition d. IQ e. neurology
Which of the following is not true regarding gender differences in listening styles?
A. Women tend to nod frequently. B. Men tend to make humming sounds frequently. C. Women tend to wait for pauses in order to speak. D. Men tend to maintain irregular eye contact.