Question 1

Which of the following is one of the three main points Beccaria made regarding how society should react to crimes:

Accepted Answer

A) Punishment should not be proportional to the severity of the crime 
B) Punishment should be certain and should be just severe enough so that the cost of committing a crime exceeded the benefits derived from it 
C) Excessively severe penalties would act to deter people from committing major crimes 
D) None of the above 
A) Punishment should not be proportional to the severity of the crime 
B) Punishment should be certain and should be just severe enough so that the cost of committing a crime exceeded the benefits derived from it 
C) Excessively severe penalties would act to deter people from committing major crimes 
D) None of the above

Question 2

African Americans and American Indians are over-represented in crime statistics.This is because:

Accepted Answer

A) their cultures reward anti-social behavior. 
B) selective enforcement. 
C) crime statistics are not compiled in rural settings. 
D) all of the above. 
A) their cultures reward anti-social behavior. 
B) selective enforcement. 
C) crime statistics are not compiled in rural settings. 
D) all of the above.

Question 3

The conservative view on criminal justice believes that:

Accepted Answer

A) human nature is basically good and that if people behave badly,as in breaking laws,it is because they have somehow been corrupted by their social environment 
B) the criminal justice system is one of the primary tools that the capitalist ruling class uses to dominate and exploit the rest of the population. 
C) individuals are fully responsible for their own actions and that this includes the breaking of laws. 
D) none of the above 
A) human nature is basically good and that if people behave badly,as in breaking laws,it is because they have somehow been corrupted by their social environment 
B) the criminal justice system is one of the primary tools that the capitalist ruling class uses to dominate and exploit the rest of the population. 
C) individuals are fully responsible for their own actions and that this includes the breaking of laws. 
D) none of the above

Question 4

Smoking marijuana would be considered:

Accepted Answer

A) mala in se 
B) mala prohibita 
C) a status offense. 
D) a capital offense. 
A) mala in se 
B) mala prohibita 
C) a status offense. 
D) a capital offense.

Which of the following is one of the three main points Beccaria made regarding how society should react to crimes:

African Americans and American Indians are over-represented in crime statistics.This is because:

The conservative view on criminal justice believes that:

Smoking marijuana would be considered:

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Exam 11: Crime and Criminal Justice

Which of the following is one of the three main points Beccaria made regarding how society should react to crimes:

African Americans and American Indians are over-represented in crime statistics.This is because:

The conservative view on criminal justice believes that:

Smoking marijuana would be considered:

Competing Perspectives on Social Welfare

Social Welfare: Basic Concepts

Social Work As a Profession

Generalist Social Work Practice

Responses to Human Diversity

Religion and Social Work

Poverty: the Central Concept

The Nature and Causes of Poverty

The Development of Antipoverty Programs

Child Welfare

Health Care

Mental Health and Developmental Disability

Housing, homelessness, and Community Development

Aging

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