Exam 12: Crime and Justice

Central to the __________ system is a public battle between the accused and the accuser in front of an authority who can make a ruling.

In order to stop the cradle to prison pipeline __________ must be instituted to deal with inherent institutional inequalities that put people at risk of committing crimes and being detected and prosecuted for those crimes.

In 2010,women represented __________ percent of all arrests.

There are two types of criminals: the __________ offender and the __________ criminal.

Vagrancy is an example of __________.

The definition of __________ views George Washington and Martin Luther King,Jr.as criminals.

__________ is a major characteristic of organized crime.

What types of things differentiate the U.S.correctional system from the world's most humane prisons?

The fact that some activities are legal in one society and not legal in another and that what is and is not legal changes over time within the same society is evidence that there is not a universal standard for criminal behavior.

The death penalty is administered fairly.

The police are somewhat unique in the criminal justice process in that they tend to work with their clients in __________ which gives them a tremendous amount of decisional __________.

Billy has started an organization to supply people with drugs,prostitution,and money laundering.His efforts at organized crime in these areas have a good chance at succeeding because __________.

Plea bargaining especially benefits the poor and those of moderate means because it saves them the expense of a lengthy trial while at the same time ensuring their rights and more lenient treatment.

Gambling,prostitution,and recreational drug use are examples of victimless crimes known as __________.

The fact that Native Americans are stopped and searched more than three times as often as Whites despite the fact that Whites are more likely to be found with illegal items is taken as evidence of __________ by the police.

Billy knows that the tires his company are making are not as safe as they need to be because there is a defect in the manufacturing process,but he bribed a customs official to allow them into the country anyway.Billy is engaging in __________.

Corporate or __________ crime is not punished by society in direct proportion to the costs of the crimes.

The Uniform Crime Reports focus on __________.

Angela was robbed three months ago and nobody was ever prosecuted for the crime.Angela was contacted to participate in the NCVS.Will Angela's robbery show up on her NCVS report?

In what ways are defendants encouraged to plea bargain?