Criminal Justice Policy
Midterm Exam
Course Introduction
This course provides an in-depth examination of the development, implementation, and evaluation of policies within the criminal justice system. Students will explore the interplay between politics, research, and social values in shaping policies related to policing, courts, sentencing, and corrections. Emphasis is placed on understanding the policy-making process, the roles of various stakeholders, and the impact of policy decisions on communities and individuals. Through case studies and current issues, learners will critically assess policy effectiveness and consider reform strategies to address emerging challenges in the field of criminal justice.
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Community Based Corrections A TextReader 1st edition by Shannon M. Barton-Bellessa
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Chapter 1: The Ethics of Community-Based Sanctions
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Q1) _______________ can be either general or specific. It is general when it is intended to cause vicarious learning whereby observers see that offenders are punished for a given crime and therefore themselves are discouraged from committing a like mannered crime due to fear of similar punishment.It is specific when the punishment is inflicted upon a specific offender in the hope that the particular offender will be discouraged from committing future crimes.
A) Deterrence
B) Retribution
C) Rehabilitation
D) Incapacitation
Answer: A
Q2) The term _______________ involves activities, assignments, and routines that are designed to bring about behavior change in a systematic manner, resulting in goal-directed behavior toward the desired community supervision outcome.
A) evaluation
B) intervention
C) split sentencing
D) community corrections
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: What Influences Offenders' Willingness to Serve
Alternative Sanctions?
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Q1) Diversion from _______________ is also a pretrial mechanism to keep offenders out of the system.As reviewed in the previous discussion, offenders who have been summoned to court can await their trial date at home.This provides them with an opportunity to maintain gainful employment-if they have a job-and bonds to their community, which are especially important if children are present.
A) arrest
B) prosecution
C) jail
D) imprisonment
Answer: C
Q2) According to Heck and Roussell, and with regard to the categorical models of statewide drug court management, _______________ funnel authority through the state Administrative Offices of the Courts, also to varying degrees.
A) executive models
B) judicial models
C) collaborative models
D) civil models
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: When the Policy Becomes the Problem
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Q1) According to Martha Henderson Hurley, the sheer size of the victim population in the United States requires some recognition of the role of victims.In 2005, U.S.residents age 12 and older were the victims of more than _______________ crimes, with at least 5.2 million of those offenses being violent in nature.
A) 3,000
B) 230,000
C) 3 million
D) 23 million
Answer: D
Q2) The notion behind the premise of _______________ is that stigmatizing an offender is counterproductive to the reintegration process.The more stigmatizing the offense, the more likely the offender is to reoffend.
A) teen courts
B) reintegrative shaming
C) labeling
D) environmental crime prevention
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: The Impact of Gender and Race-Ethnicity in the
Pretrial Release Process
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Q1) According to your textbook authors, Latessa, Cullen, and Gendreau (2002) noted that the lack of focus on treatment is often guided by what they referred to as "_______________."
A) penal insanity
B) correctional quackery
C) correctional fraud
D) penal charlatanism
Q2) The principle of effective correctional intervention, ___________________, refers to programs being based on empirically-defined needs as well as consistent with the organization's values.The program is fiscally responsible and congruent with stakeholder's values.Effective programs also are based on thorough reviews of the literature (i.e., meta-analyses), undergo pilot trials, and maintain the staff's professional credentials.
A) organizational culture
B) program implementation/maintenance
C) management/staff characteristics
D) client risk/need practices
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Chapter 5: State Administration of Drug Courts
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Q1) _______________ is the process that occurs when the offender is initially entered into the correctional system post-conviction.
A) Intake
B) Recidivism prediction
C) Case management
D) Actuarial risk-needs assessment
Q2) The Presentence Investigation Report (PSI) includes a wide range of background information on the offender, such as demographics and ____________ information on the offender as well as records on their prior offending patterns and the probation department's recommendation as to the appropriate type of sentencing and supervision for the offender in question.
A) vocational
B) educational
C) personal
D) All of the above
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Chapter 6: Restorative Practices in Instituttional Settings
and at Release
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Q1) _______________ probation systems are governed by laws and/or guidelines established by the state, which empowers a county to operate its own probation agency.
A) Juvenile
B) Municipal
C) County
D) State
Q2) Some conditions of probation result in what are often called _______________; actions that do not comply with the conditions and requirements of a probationer's sentence, as articulated by the court that acted as thesentencing authority.They are not necessarily criminal, in and of themselves, and would likely be legal behaviors if the offender were not on probation.
A) prisonization
B) technical violations
C) reintegration
D) privatization
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Chapter 7: The Effectiveness of Restorative Justice Practices
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Q1) A _______________ is typically designed to use some form of strict discipline with rehabilitative measures.
A) split sentencing
B) shock incarceration
C) differential association
D) boot camp
Q2) _______________ are programs that are designed to equip offenders with the opportunity to seek employment and/or maintain employment, while also engaging in educational or vocational training, as well as other treatment services that might be available at the facility.These programs are often used in replacement of jail sentences.These programs most often provide day and night supervision, job referral services, and counseling for residents.
A) Halfway houses
B) Community residential treatment centers
C) Restitution centers
D) Work release programs
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Chapter 8: A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of Thinking for a Change
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Q1) Instrumented analysis has the advantage of _______________
A) being automated
B) providing precise and accurate documentation
C) lending itself to convenient storage of samples in the event that subsequent retesting may be required
D) All of the above
Q2) According to Bouffard and Mufti, community service (CS) emerged as an Alternative sanction in the United States in the __________.
A) 1950s
B) 1960s
C) 1970s
D) 1980s
Q3) Effective day reporting centers will tend to be those that have a variety of classes, such as _______________.
A) relapse prevention
B) educational development
C) individual and group counseling
D) All of the above
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Chapter 9: Offender Coercion in Treatment: A
Meta-Analysis of Effectiveness
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Q1) According to Steen and Opsal, the difference in likelihood of revocation for a New offense between property and public order offenders is _______________ for Blacks than Whites.
A) larger
B) smaller
C) no different
D) None of the above
Q2) _______________ tend to view their jobs as just that-jobs.They will tend to do as little as possible, and they do not have passion for their jobs.Unlike the punitive officer and the welfare worker, they simply do not care about the outcome of their work so long as they avoid any difficulties.These individuals are often in the job simply due to the benefits that it may have as well as the freedom from continual supervision that this type of job affords.
A) Paternal officers
B) Punitive officers
C) Welfare workers
D) Passive agents
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Chapter 10: The LSI-R and the COMPAS:
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Q1) _______________ range from minor aggression, such as bullying and annoying others, to violence, such as rape and attacks.
A) Overt pathways
B) Covert pathways
C) Authority conflict pathway
D) All of the above
Q2) According to your textbook author, the primary function(s) of juvenile probation is/are:
A) intake
B) investigation
C) supervision
D) All of the above
Q3) _______________is also sometimes referred to as emotional abuse and includes actions or the omission of actions by parents and other caregivers that could cause the child to have serious behavioral, emotional, or mental impairments.
A) Child parentification
B) Physical abuse
C) Psychological abuse
D) Child neglect
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Chapter 11: Can 14,737 Women Be Wrong?
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Q1) The _______________ is probably the least violent of the types that will be considered. Typically, these offenders are socially incompetent and may be quite introverted in thought and behavior.These individuals tend to have a low sense of self-esteem and suffer from profound feelings of inadequacy, both socially and sexually.Aggression is not a key factor of motivation.Rather these offenders seek to prove their sexual prowess and adequacy through fantasies in which they imagine eagerly yielding victims who succumb to their sexual coercion enjoying the experience so much that they actually begin to desire further sexual intercourse.Such fantasies are soothing to their sense of insecurity and incompetence.
A) power reassurance rapist
B) power assertive rapist
C) anger retaliation rapist
D) sadistic rapist
Q2) The cognitive behavioral technique, empathy training, utilizes the following process(es) to recognize the harm caused to the victim:
A) victim counselors
B) cognitive restructuring
C) role-playing
D) All of the above
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