Exam 1: Perspectives on Criminal Justice

Facilities used to detain adults awaiting trial and offenders serving sentences of one year or less is/are called __________.

The __________ treats the preservation of individual liberties as the most important function of the criminal justice system.Therefore,according to this view,accuracy,fairness,and reliability in criminal procedure are keys to a properly functioning system.Proponents of this model believe that careful attention to the rights of individuals-when individuals are prosecuted by a much more powerful government-is essential to ensure that only the guilty are convicted and that the public has a high level of confidence in the system.

If health problems and accidents are far more common causes of death than criminal homicide,why do you think that public concern about crime has risen dramatically since the 1960s?

__________ are those who study the causes of crime and the treatment of offenders.

Much of what we know about crime is shaped by atypical sensational incidents,because our perceptions of crime and its victims are based largely on __________.

The jurisdiction of courts that have narrow legal authority over specific types of matters (e.g.surrogate court,tax court)is called 'general jurisdiction'.

The __________ is the perspective that considers preservation of individual liberties to be the most important function of the criminal justice system,through accuracy,fairness,and reliability in criminal procedure.

Seeking justice through lawless violence is called __________.

The term ___________ refers to offenses in which the 'offender' and the 'victim' are the same individual or in which the behavior is consensual.

The 'crime control model' is the perspective that considers preservation of individual liberties to be the most important function of the criminal justice system,through accuracy,fairness,and reliability in criminal procedure.

__________ are public perceptions of crime and its victims that are based largely on media images,which focus on atypical sensational incidents.

The term 'criminal justice' refers to the management of police,courts,and corrections,and the study of the causes of and treatment for crime.

Match the law named after crime victims listed in Column 1 to its description in Column 2.

According to the __________,repression of criminal conduct is the most important function of the criminal justice system.To accomplish this,the system must achieve maximum speed,efficiency,and finality in criminal justice processing.Proponents of this model argue that deterrence of crime is achieved when the penalty is imposed quickly and with certainty.

The __________ is a survey of a representative sample of the American public which found that crime surpassed education and economic issues as the model pressing local problem.

Courts of __________ usually are referred to as trial courts.These are the courts in which felonies and civil cases go to trial.These courts across the country may be called county courts,circuit courts,and even supreme courts in some jurisdictions.

The legislative decision to change a crime into a noncriminal act is called _________.

'Felonies' are less serious crimes that are punishable by imprisonment for one year or less.

The term 'decriminalization' refers to the legislative decision to change a crime into a noncriminal act.

The jurisdiction of courts where most trials for felonies occur as well as trials in major civil cases is called 'limited jurisdiction'.