Deck 1: Crime Control in America: Nothing Succeeds Like Failure

Question 1

In the last fifty years, crime rates in the United States have remained relatively constant.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Neither George Bush nor Barack Obama was committed to reducing drug use in the United States during their first terms in office.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Prison has an important effect on crime rates.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

There is evidence to suggest that that police engaging in positive, community-oriented activities reduces crime.

Question 5

Poverty is an example of one of the elements that influences crime rates.

Question 6

Prison produces more criminals than it cures.

Question 7

Foucault is the author of Pyrrhic defeat theory.

Question 8

Foucault provided a __________ explanation of the new prison regime.

A) class-based
B) crime-based
C) language-based
D) weapon-based

Question 9

The War on Drugs began in the ___________.

A) 2000s
B) 1980s
C) 1970s
D) 1990s

Question 10

What is an example of a recent government policy or initiative that has widened the gap between the affluent and poor communities in the United States?

A) The Fight to End Crime
B) the Obama healthcare initiative
C) the War on Drugs
D) the Bush tax cuts

Question 11

According to the text, what is an example of an argument that prison opponents would make?

A) Prisons are only appropriate places for males.
B) Prisons create crime rather than prevent it.
C) Nearly 95% of all inmates are raped while in prison.
D) The food served in prisons makes people ill.

Question 12

Why is it difficult for inmates to find a job once they leave prison?

A) They are stigmatized.
B) They live in regions with high unemployment.
C) They refuse to look for a job.
D) They rarely pass their drug tests.

Question 13

Why are drug prices high?

A) They are mostly sold to affluent people.
B) They are illegal.
C) They cost a lot to grow.
D) A permit is required to sell them.

Question 14

Which of the following was a result of the Brady Law?

A) It prohibited the sale of firearms to those with prior felony convictions.
B) It drastically reduced the number of firearm deaths across the nation.
C) It limited the number of firearms that could be sold daily in certain states.
D) It increased the number of firearm crimes since 2003.

Question 15

Why does the text refer to sources rather than causes of crime?

Question 16

Apply your knowledge of crime and prison to explain briefly why recidivism occurs.

Question 17

What would Foucault say about a teacher who disciplines her students for not doing things "the right way"?

Question 18

What are the main similarities and differences between the Pyrrhic defeat theory and the Erickson-Durkheim theory?

Question 19

Evaluate the relationship between the legal status of drugs and crime rates in the United States. Next, argue for or against the legalization of drugs.

Question 20

Propose an alternative to putting criminals in prison. What would this model look like? What would be some of its advantages and drawbacks?