Deck 6: Prosecutors and Cirme Control

Question 1

Historically, _________occupied a secondary position in the criminal justice process.

A) judges
B) offenders
C) perpetrators
D) Project Safe Neighborhoods

Answer 1

Project Safe Neighborhoods

Question 2

_________prosecution is sometimes referred to as evidence- based prosecution and has been primarily applied to domestic violence cases.

A) Selective
B) Modified
C) Tough- love
D) No- drop

Answer 2

No- drop

Question 3

Prosecutors sometimes defer criminal charges or sentencing in an effort to minimize the _________ that often puts offenders back on the streets without any meaningful intervention, treatment, or prevention component.

A) "decked hall"
B) "broken window"
C) "closed caption"
D) "revolving door"

Answer 3

"revolving door"

Question 4

An early survey conducted in Alameda County, California, revealed that only about 12 percent of crime victims were notified that an arrest was made, and approximately _________percent of victims were never notified of the outcome of their case.

A) 54
B) 42
C) 31
D) 23

Question 5

In 1999, the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. Senate sent to the full Senate an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would _________crime victims.

A) cause negative feelings from
B) ultimately create difficulties for
C) assist criminals more than
D) protect the rights of

Question 6

Aside from providing services to crime victims, the victims' rights movement has also resulted in attempts to expand so- called victim's _________.

A) practical talk
B) voice laws
C) impact voice
D) assurance pact

Question 7

Community prosecution is an approach that is intended to improve cooperation and collaboration between prosecutors and individuals specifically inside the criminal justice system.

Question 8

Drug Treatment Alternative to Prison participants are chosen by the district attorney's office after careful review.

Question 9

Plea bargaining doesn't benefit all members of the courtroom workgroup, but it does benefit the majority.

Question 10

The approach of cross- designation to the gun violence problem is intended to place local prosecutors in federal courts so that they can avail themselves of the much more punitive federal antigun laws.

Question 11

Prosecution is all about dragging suspected offenders into court and "throwing the book at them."

Question 12

Opponents of victim's voice laws claim that they don't bring enough vengeance into the criminal process.

Question 13

Defense attorneys whether state or federal are the chief officials of their jurisdictions.

Question 14

Community prosecution is intended to shift prosecutors' attention from individual criminal cases brought to them by the police to an overall strategy geared toward reducing crime.

Question 15

The Attorney________ is the chief law enforcement official/prosecutor at the state or federal level.

Question 16

________ prosecution involves the delayed filing of criminal charges against a suspect

Question 17

In Brooklyn, New York, prosecutors practice ________ prosecution, which keeps them in one area where they try cases that arise from the area in which they work.

Question 18

Put yourself in the defense attorney's position. You want to get the best plea agreement possible for your clients. What types of things will you look for in the report and in your interviews with your client (and possibly witnesses) to use in bargaining with the prosecutor?

Question 19

If you were arrested for an assault and given a choice between a plea bargain (with probation) or a deferred prosecution, which would you prefer and why?