Cases that are not resolved through plea bargaining or by a jury trial are decided by a judge in a(n)
A. indictment.
B. grand jury.
C. arraignment.
D. bench trial.
Answer: D
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Which of the following is NOT one of Beccaria’s three components of effective punishment?
a. They should be swift in execution. b. The offender should be publicly scrutinized. c. Punishment should be sufficiently severe. d. The offender should be certain that punishment will occur.
To ensure that a police officer can avail himself to qualified immunity, she must:
a. ignore the law b. be aware of the law c. be unaware of the law d. not know the law
What discipline has contributed the most to theoretical understandings of crime causation over the past century?
What will be an ideal response?
According to the key principles of Classical Criminology, the purpose of punishment is to
a. treat an offender the way he or she deserves. b. treat an offender the same way he or she treated the victim. c. deter an offender from future criminal involvement. d. rehabilitate an offender.