Deck 16: Making Sense of Criminal Justice

Question 1

About how many 911 calls are made every year?

A) 240 million
B) 40 million
C) 24 million
D) 20 million

Answer 1

A

Question 2

About how many offenders are currently serving sentences of probation or parole in the community?

A) 2.4 million
B) 4.7 million
C) 4.2 million
D) 20 million

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What is depolicing?

A) Officers become less aggressive or diligent out fear of provoking confrontations.
B) Officers stop patrolling minority neighborhoods.
C) Officers handing more power to community leaders.
D) Officers handing more power to neighborhood watch groups.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

What is the evidence for the claim that prison rates can be reduced without negatively affecting crime rates?

A) Many released inmates are old and no longer pose a threat.
B) When crime rates go up, sentences become more severe.
C) Twenty-seven states have reduced both their prison populations and their crime rates.
D) prosecutors have eased their tough-on-crime policies.

Question 5

For-profit bail businesses are only operated in two nations. The United States is one of these, what is the other?

A) Iran
B) Mexico
C) Spain
D) The Philippines

Question 6

What is taxation by citation?

A) It is a financial penalty imposed by the IRS.
B) It is funding civic operations through fines and court costs.
C) It is compensating society for posing a danger or risk.
D) It is issuing citations to out-of-town travelers.

Question 7

What are black swan events?

A) Fantastic events
B) Black swan congregations
C) Stock market crashes
D) Rare and unforeseen or unanticipated major disasters

Question 8

Private justice agencies are not a formal part of the criminal justice system, but they support the activities of public law enforcement agencies. How does the total number of persons employed in these organizations compare to the number of sworn public law enforcement officers?

A) It exceeds the number of sworn public law enforcement officers.
B) It is half the number of sworn public law enforcement officers.
C) It is a quarter of the number of sworn public law enforcement officers.
D) It is ten percent of the number of sworn public law enforcement officers.

Question 9

Why should future police administrators carefully weigh the costs and benefits of introducing new technologies that are intended to make us safer?

A) Civil rights concerns
B) Takeover by the machines
C) The newest technologies are around the corner
D) Accountability

Question 10

What has been the consequence of the deaths of unarmed African-Americans civilians by the police and practices such as stop, question, and frisk (SQF)?

A) Increase in homicides
B) More vigilant policing
C) Reduction of trust and confidence of African-Americans in police
D) Racial profiling

Question 11

Over 2.1 million Americans can be found in jails and prisons while you are reading this.

Question 12

The popular media have a substantial role in shaping justice policies.

Question 13

The external investigation of agencies for misconduct is unlikely to enhance police accountability.

Question 14

The growth in prison populations only started to slow since 2001.

Question 15

Less than two thirds of African Americans believe they can trust the police is troubling.

Question 16

Over half of the states have taken measures to reduce their prison and jail populations in the last decade.

Question 17

There are 25,000 bail bonds companies in the United States

Question 18

The increased imprisonment rate was due to increasing both the likelihood of being imprisoned and longer sentences.

Question 19

There are 50,000 bail bonds companies in the United States.

Question 20

The inmates who are aged out often still pose a serious risk to public safety.