Criminal justice

  1. Even if money is appropriated to correctional departments at the municipal, regional, state, and federal levels, what caveats are in order?

a. that the money will be available in the appropriate denominations
b. this money will be spent properly
c. qualified persons can be hired throughout the ranks
d. both b and c
e. none of the above

  1. Which municipality purchased land and gave it to the federal government in order for the FBOP to build a Supermax prison?

a. Baltimore, MD
b. Florence, CO
c. Colorado Springs, CO
d. Marion, IL
e. Washington, D.C.

  1. How can lifers who are no longer perceived to be threats to the community be released
    from prison?

a. clemency
b. pardon
c. sentencing reform
d. all of the above
e. none of the above

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

  1. List five causes of overcrowding.
  2. List five solutions that have been implemented to address overcrowding.

Chapter 12

  1. What is the economic reason that anti death penalty activists give for the abolition of the death penalty?

Chapter 13

  1. What kinds of crimes are juveniles most likely to engage in during the 1980s and 1990s?
  2. According to the chapter, what has been the trend in juvenile crime in recent years?
  3. What are two reasons that most informed observers agree on which are offered to explain why crime has declined?

Chapter 14

  1. What are seven structural causes of oppositional political terrorism?
  2. What are five psychological theories that have contributed to the understanding of oppositional political terrorism?

Chapter 15

What are three typical kinds of subjects that urban ethnographers study?

Chapter 16

How does the development and sale of new technology affect the criminal justice system in the United States?