Exam 9: The Ethics of Criminal Justice Policy Making

Briefly define "three-strikes" laws.

While a majority of Americans supported "get tough" sentencing policies in the 1990s,support for this policy declined from 85% in 1994 to ______% by 2012.

The primary method of policy analysis in the U.S.is cost-benefit analysis which often overlooks ethical issues.

Of the 89,000 women serving sentences in state prisons in 2015,______% were serving sentences imposed for drug offenses.

When given the choice of the death sentence or life imprisonment without parole (LWOP),a majority of those polled between 1985 and 1999 preferred the death Sentence,but by 2011,the position had reversed with ______ % supporting the death Penalty and ______% supporting LWOP.

Which of the following is not one of the alternative positions provided by Roberts (2014)in summary of the arguments for public involvement in sentencing?

Which of Reamer's (1986)grounds relate to science and research and to what is known from that research about the likely outcome of a particular policy?

Those who oppose the death penalty respond to the supporters' argument that it is justified by retribution by stating that ______ is sufficiently retributive.

Aviram (2015)traces concern about correctional costs to the financial crisis of______,when the country went into recession.

At the end of October 2015,the United States had the second highest prison population rate worldwide,comprised of 698 per 100,000 persons.

What common features do morality policies share?

Policy making on ethical grounds requires a calculated,philosophical analysis of the morality upon which the policy is based.This is not true for public policy making on ______ grounds.

Since the mid-1970s public opinion and public policy on punishment have reflected increasing support for ______.

According to Alexander (2010),mass imprisonment policies have functioned to create a black undercaste through ______.

The issue of capital punishment is not a big moral issue within the category of punishment.

The U.S.Supreme Court has stated that retribution is not a proper motive for criminal punishment.

Policy making based on ethical grounds focuses on what is right or wrong,or good or bad in a moral sense.

Habitual felony laws are also known as three-strikes legislation.

Nearly 2.5% of all black males living in the U.S were incarcerated on December 31, 2016,and black males from 18 to 19 were ______ times more likely to be imprisoned Than white males of the same age.

The development what type of policies fixing minimum terms of imprisonment for certain offenses or types of offenders exemplify the expansion of punitive policies in the Criminal justice system?