Exam 6: Crime and Public Policy

Which of the following types of crimes has been on the rise?

Identify the two ways in which criminals can be deterred.

Which of the following was designed to reduce any uncertainty about the amount of time an offender must serve in prison?

What factors contribute to the public's perception of increasing crime rates?

Crimes in the United States are defined by which of the following types of law?

According to the text, which of the following is considered to be the fastest growing age group in prison populations?

What is the Uniform Crime Reporting Program (UCR) and how is it used to help determine crime rates across the United States.?

Which of the following processes transfers a juvenile to criminal court so he or she may be tried as an adult?

Which of the following law enforcement agencies is considered to be one of the largest in the world?

Parole officers work with which of the following types of individuals?

Which of the following racial groups is overrepresented in the prison and jail populations?

Which of the following amendments guarantees the right to bear arms and is at the forefront of the gun control controversy?

It is not possible for an individual to be prosecuted for violating both state and federal laws.

According to the text, which of the following types of laws produced the intended effects?

If a court finds probable cause, the cases are then transferred to which of the following types of courts?

The number of persons in local jails, state prisons, and federal prisons per 100,000 residents is referred to as the ______.

Which of the following types of laws increased the arrest rates of young African American males?

Most state attorneys general are appointed by the president of the United States.

Gun control policy is very controversial in the United States.

Under the federal three strikes provision, the punishment for individuals who had two or more prior convictions, of which at least one was a serious felony, was ______.