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Criminal Justice in a Welfare Society MCQ

Colonial American history was heavily influenced by British criminal justice policy.

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Correct Answer: True

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Collateral consequences are legal and regulatory sanctions and restrictions that limit or prohibit people with criminal records from accessing employment.

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Correct Answer: True

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What is the term coined by David Wexler and Bruce Winnick that describes the therapeutic and anti-therapeutic consequences of encounters with the criminal justice system?

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Correct Answer: Therapeutic jurisprudence

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Philosopher Jeremy Bentham designed which form of punishment?

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Correct Answer: Panopticon

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Who was the first federal law enforcement officer?

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Correct Answer: The federal marshal

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Wilson and Kelling asserted that visible signs of social disorder in a given area such as vandalism, littering, or public intoxication may be a precursor to social disorder and criminality. Which theory has been used in criminal justice to describe this?

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Correct Answer: Broken windows theory

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Which Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has the prohibition of unreasonable searches and seizure?

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Correct Answer: Fourth Amendment

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The outsourcing of government functions to private for-profit or nonprofit sector is known as ______.

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Correct Answer: Privatization

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What is the difference between regressive and progressive fines?

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Correct Answer: Regressive fines have a harsher impact on people with lower economic resources.

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Which Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment?

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Correct Answer: Eighth Amendment

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A term referring to policies that prohibit waiver or reduction of consequences for offenses is called _______ tolerance

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Correct Answer: Zero

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When an innocent person is convicted of a _______ is called wrongful conviction

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Correct Answer: Crime

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A term that describes the therapeutic and anti-therapeutic consequences of encounters with the criminal justice system. Is called Therapeutic Jurisprudence

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Correct Answer: True

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A behavior that is prohibited for minors but otherwise legal, such as violations of curfews, running away, truancy, possessing alcohol, or ungovernability is called status offense

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Correct Answer: True

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The collection of policies and practices in schools that lead to greater likelihood of criminal justice involvement is called _______-to-prison pipeline

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Correct Answer: School

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Restorative justice explains A theory of justice, drawing inspiration from indigenous practices, that emphasizes repairing the community when a harm is committed through a collaborative process that includes recognition of the harm. Solutions based on restorative justice often include reparations, reconciliations, and reintegration.

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Correct Answer: True

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Powers that are not explicitly granted to the federal government in the U.S. Constitution and are therefore considered to be within authority of state governments is called

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Correct Answer: Residual powers

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Fines that have a disparate impact on people with fewer economic resources is called

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Correct Answer: Regressive fines

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Fines that are calculated to have a relatively equitable impact by, for example, considering a person’s income bracket is called progressive fines

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Correct Answer: True

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The outsourcing of government functions to the private for-profit or nonprofit sector, often with _________ incentives and reduced oversight is called privatization

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Correct Answer: Financial

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Over-policing under-policing paradox explains that marginalized communities or groups are both the targets of more surveillance and enforcement and experience a dearth of protection and safety services

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Correct Answer: True

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A term used to reflect the expansion of the criminal justice system to include more people or behaviors due to programmatic,________, or implementation changes is called net widening

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Correct Answer: Policy

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Neoliberalism is contemporarily used to refer to market-oriented reform policies such as "eliminating price controls, deregulating capital markets, lowering trade barriers" and reducing, especially through privatization and austerity, state influence in the economy

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Correct Answer: True

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Mass incarceration Describes the extremely high rates of incarceration in the United States, both historically and in comparison to other countries

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Correct Answer: True

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Fines and fees beyond what is set out as punishment for a crime and can include restitution, court costs, criminal fines, and fees assessed for supervision or monitoring is called

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Correct Answer: Legal financial obligations (LFOs)

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Criminal offenses that are committed by minors and status offenses is called Juvenile delinquency

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Correct Answer: True

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Organizations or programs devoted to overturning wrongful convictions is called _________ projects

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Correct Answer: Innocence

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Manipulation of voting districts by a more powerful political party seeking to secure or strengthen a majority by drawing voting maps around different population groups is called

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Correct Answer: Gerrymandering

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Legal and regulatory sanctions and restrictions that limit or prohibit people with criminal records from accessing employment, occupational licensing, housing, voting, education, and other opportunities is called Collateral consequences

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Correct Answer: True

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Which theory that claims visible signs of social disorder (such as vandalism or littering) in a particular area encourages more widespread criminal activity in that same area?

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Correct Answer: Broken Windows Theory

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