Deck 15: Discharge and Developments

Question 1

Those convicted of federal crimes can seek which type of clemency?

A) Presidential clemency
B) Executive clemency
C) Judicial clemency
D) All of the above

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which of the following might influence crime rates?

A) The expected "aging" of the American populace
B) The media
C) The adoption of evidence-based policies
D) All of the above

Answer 2

D

Question 3

________ is the most significant federal drug law.

A) The Harrison Narcotics Act of 1914
B) The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988
C) The Legalization of Medical Marijuana
D) The Comprehensive Drug Abuse and Control Act of 1970

Answer 3

D

Question 4

________ simply means the repetition of crime.

A) Rearrests
B) Crime-warps
C) Recidivism
D) Reconviction

Question 5

Traditionally, criminal justice and crime control policy have been ________ issues.

A) Local
B) Federal
C) State
D) International

Question 6

Risk assessment tools are commonly used in ________ decisions.

A) Sentencing
B) Arrest
C) Apprehension
D) Investigation

Question 7

Which of the following programs is NOT an example of increased federalism?

A) "Truth in sentencing"
B) The COPS program
C) The Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grants program
D) Intelligence gathering

Question 8

These two states do not restrict a felon's voting rights in some way.

A) Arizona and Texas
B) Pennsylvania and Tennessee
C) California and Florida
D) Maine and Vermont

Question 9

In recent years, national focus has seemingly turned toward the ________ crisis.

A) Crack cocaine
B) Marijuana
C) Opioid
D) LSD

Question 10

Which of the following is not an argument used against the imposition of collateral consequences for felony convictions?

A) Civil rights restrictions are unrelated to the offender's crime.
B) Ex-offenders are least eligible of all citizens to be protected in their rights to vote, work, etc.
C) The ex-offender can never pay his or her debt to society.
D) The ex-offender may become bitter toward society in general.

Question 11

Medicinal marijuana use is legal at the federal level.

Question 12

In most cases, there was little difference between employees with and without prior arrest records.

Question 13

The COPS program still provides millions of dollars in funding to local police departments each year.

Question 14

A Schedule V drug has a high potential for abuse.

Question 15

The public is much more unaccepting of marijuana than at any time in the recent past.

Question 16

Federal laws prohibiting drug use were virtually non-existent until the early 1900s.

Question 17

An offender's experience with the criminal justice system is largely determined with reference to risk and needs assessment tools.

Question 18

Crime records and court documents are only stored physically in warehouses.

Question 19

Credit applications generate data about employment, height, and eye color.