1. Why are most unconvicted people waiting in jail?
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Many people can’t afford to pay their bail.
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2. Your friend Jason stole $50 from his mom to buy alcohol. You find out and report him to the police knowing that he is in violation of his parole. You do this because you know that he will be forced to attend weekly AA meetings. Which of the following philosophies of punishment does this exemplify?
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Rehabilitation
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3. Your friend Jessica steals $5 from the cash register at work; you decide that your manager needs to know what Jessica did so that she can be punished. Which of the following philosophies of punishment does this exemplify?
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Retribution
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4. ______ involves the sealing or physical destruction of arrest and/or conviction records.
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Expungement
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5. Reformers in the ______ movement call for removing the criminal record checkbox on job applications.
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“ban-the-box”
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6. ______ refers to criminal reoffending that takes place after criminal sanctions have been imposed.
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Recidivism
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7. Reducing the likelihood of marriage, employment, and those who are employed receive lower wages, are considered to be ______ of criminal records.
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Collateral consequences
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8. Which of the following nations has the highest incarceration rate?
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United States
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9. ______ crimes tend to receive shorter sentences.
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White-collar
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10. Bail reformers seek to abolish the ______ that allows wealthy people to go free while detaining impoverished people.
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Two-tier system
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11. One major consequence of police brutality is ______.
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Legal cynicism
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12. Why is broken windows policing not considered a useful crime reducing tactic?
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The tactic creates problems rather than reduces them.
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13. Murder and robbery are examples of ______.
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Mala in se offenses
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14. The process of changing the law so that an action is no longer considered a criminal offense is called ______.
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Decriminalization
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15. ______ is the process of making an action a criminal action, or a person a criminal, by creating a law.
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Criminalization
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16. Criminal reoffending that takes place after criminal sanctions have been imposed is called Recidivism
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True
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17. Excessive use of force by police officers is called
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Police brutality
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18. Less serious criminal offenses with punishments of fines, community service, probation, and jail terms of under _____ is called Misdemeanors
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1 year
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19. The huge increase in the number of people put in jail is called Mass incarceration
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True
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20. Criminal offenses that are considered to be wrong only because they are criminalized; Latin for “wrong [because] prohibited” is called
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Mala prohibita offenses
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21. Criminal offenses that are regarded as morally wrong, regardless of whether the law criminalizes them; Latin for “wrong in itself” is called
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Mala in se offenses
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22. The belief that the legal system and police are not doing a good job of ensuring public safety is called
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Legal cynicism
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23. Felonies is serious criminal offenses that can result in prison terms of a year or longer
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True
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24. The process of changing the _____ so that an action is no longer considered a criminal offense is called Decriminalization
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Law
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25. The process of making an action a criminal one, or a person a criminal, by creating a ______ is called. Criminalization
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Law
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26. Police increase contact with residents and partner with neighborhood organizations to seek solutions to particular neighborhood concerns is called
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Community policing
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27. The long-term consequences of having a criminal record, such as inability to secure housing, gain admission to college, and in some states, even vote is known as Collateral consequences
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True
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28. Broken windows policing is cracking down on _______ disorderly behavior (e.g., panhandling) or disorder in the neighborhood, like graffiti, litter, and broken windows.
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Low-level
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