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The Politics and Future of Mass Incarceration MCQ

1. Stop and frisk is also referred to as stop, question, and frisk, a program originated in New York City in which officers can stop pedestrians and search them for weapons or contraband.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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2. Steps taken by the federal government to stimulate the U.S. economy and, in particular, to facilitate recovery after the severe recession in the late 2000s is called _________ .

Stop and frisk

Social integration

Stimulus package

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Stimulus package

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3. Breaking down societal barriers between different racial, ethnic, and class groups so that minorities and the underprivileged can move into the mainstream is known as :

Stop and frisk

Social integration

Stimulus package

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Social integration

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4. A buzzword in recent years representing a response to crime that considers such factors as punishments appropriate to ______________ .

Offense severity

Recidivism reduction

Cost-effectiveness

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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5. ___________ is a form of direct democracy, a ballot vote in which the electorate is asked to accept or reject a proposition.

Prison industrial complex

Referendum

Social integration

Privatization

Answer

Correct Answer: Referendum

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6. Attributes the rapid expansion of the use of prison to the political influence of private companies that reap financial benefits from that expansion through the provision of materials and services is known as:

Prison industrial complex

Referendum

Social integration

Privatization

Answer

Correct Answer: Prison industrial complex

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7. Which of the following states has high rates of imprisonment?

Florida

North Carolina

Virginia

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

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8. The government bailed major banks during the 2008 market plunge.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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9. A U.S. DOJ survey found that ______ percent of those surveyed wanted those convicted of robbery to be sent to prison.

Answer

Correct Answer: 99

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10. The Right on Crime organization was founded in Arizona.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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11. Rural legislators tend to lean to the right.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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12. States count inmates as part of their cities population, which influences the number of representatives in that area.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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13. Elected officials who support mass incarceration typically represent rural communities.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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14. The Southern states favored considering slaves as part of the citizen population.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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15. The North favored counting slaves for the purpose of levying taxes.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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16. Prison guards do not typically contribute money to elected officials.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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17. Which of the following President’s used the image of convicted murdered Willie Horton to devastate the campaign of former Governor Dukakis?

Ronald Reagan

George H.W. Bush

George W. Bush

Bill Clinton

Answer

Correct Answer: George H.W. Bush

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18. Tin the 1960s and 1970s, the Republican Party embraced the idea of impeaching U.S. Supreme Court Justice

Earl Warren

Rose Bird

Cruz Reynoso

Joseph Grodin

Answer

Correct Answer: Earl Warren

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19. Politicians have a fear of being labeled “tough on crime.”

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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20. Crime rates have been declining across the country since 1990s.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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21. Interest groups do not influence sentencing policies

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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22. The Judicial branch determines sentencing policies.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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