Exam 1: Criminal Justice Today

The consensus model assumes that as people gather together toform a society, its members naturally come toa basic agreement with regard toshared norms and values.

Bloom's     ____is the most common correctional treatment used in the United States. ​

This model emphasizes the right of society tobe protected from crime and violent criminals. ​

Most law enforcement officers in the United States work at which governmental level? ​

The ability tochoose between and among alternative courses of action is known as______ ​

Probation is the most common correctional treatment used in the United States. ​

The bulk of all police officers in the United States are employed at the federal level. ​

During which step in the criminal justice process would the offender plead guilty toa criminal charge? ​

one of the twoprimary purposes of the criminal justice system is toattempt torehabilitate offenders. ​

All deviant acts are criminal and all crimes are deviant. ​

Explain in detail the twomain purposes of the American Criminal Justice System. ​

The discretionary decisions made by criminal justice professionals are said toproduce a formal criminal justice process that does not operate within the rigid confines of formal rules and laws. ​

Which of the following does not occur during the adjudication phase of the criminal justice process? ​

The twolevels of the U.S. dual court system are the     ____and     ____. ​

In regard tolaw enforcement authority and investigative jurisdiction, there is noreal difference between a state police system and a highway patrol system. ​

The United States has a_____court system where the power is segregated between the federal government and individual state governments. ​

The due process model focuses more on the rights of the accused through formal, legal restraints on the police, courts, and corrections. ​

____________ is the quality of fairness that must exist in the processes designed todetermine whether individuals are guilty of criminal wrongdoing.

Western democracies such as Canada, Britain, Denmark, and Germany have criminal laws that punish public hate speech, including things that are said on the internet through social media outlets. The United States on the other hand, due in large part toour 1st Amendment regarding freedom of speech, does not prohibit this type of hate speech. In fact, at present, the United States does not criminalize public hate speech that "threatens" or "disrespects" members of any racial or ethnic group, as long as it is only speech and not actions.  As a veteran U.S. Senator of twenty years, you are receiving pressure from members of your political party, and even more soyour constituents from your home state tocreate a new federal law that allows law enforcement authorities toarrest any person whopublically expresses support for violent terrorism, foreign or domestic, including those whouse social media sites tocondone violence or death towards any racial, ethnic, or religious group. As a Senator, will your co-sponsor the Bill? Why or why not? Please fully explain your answer.

The____    ____model places primacy on the right of the individual tobe protected from the power of the government. ​