Deck 8: Crime Control in the Courts and Beyond

Question 1

One key principle in problem- solving courts is ___________monitoring.

A) traditional
B) interracial
C) adversarial
D) judicial

Answer 1

judicial

Question 2

If an offender completes his or her obligations in a deferred prosecution diversion program, the prosecutor will ___________.

A) offer the offender a probationary sentence
B) revisit the charges and most likely drop them
C) agreeing to plea bargain to a different charge
D) ask the judge to be lenient at sentencing

Answer 2

revisit the charges and most likely drop them

Question 3

Gangs still flourish in many areas of the country, which has forced criminal justice officials and lawmakers to resort to ___________ strategies.

A) capital
B) resigned
C) elected
D) alternative

Answer 3

alternative

Question 4

Public ___________ penalties occur when a criminal's conviction is made visible to several people.

A) aired
B) exposure
C) knowledge
D) advertised

Question 5

___________punishments can be traced to the pre- biblical era.

A) Deterrence
B) Debate
C) Private
D) Shaming

Question 6

An offender in a domestic violence case was made to stand before his wife while she was allowed to spit in his face. This is an example of a ___________.

A) debasement penalty
B) freelance vexation
C) deferred deterrence
D) formative function

Question 7

___________penalties are less embarrassing than public exposure and debasement penalties, but they can nevertheless lead to feelings of shame and related emotions.

A) Apathy
B) Apology
C) Foregoing
D) Outreach

Question 8

A more cynical view of diversion programs is that they amount to a much worse penalty to certain offenders.

Question 9

Post- incarceration diversion does not allow for an offender to enter a treatment program after conviction.

Question 10

Community courts are more specific in their mission than other courts.

Question 11

Restorative justice is a process whereby all the parties with a stake in a particular offense come together to resolve collectively how to deal with the aftermath of the offense and its implications for the future.

Question 12

Courts make decisions that affect people's liberty before trial, called pretrial incapacitation.

Question 13

The Fifth Amendment states that excessive bail shall not be required.

Question 14

In capital cases bail has always been denied.

Question 15

The practice of denying bail to certain presumably dangerous defendants is called preventive detention.

Question 16

The Center for Court Innovation has established ___________principles and practices that make problem- solving courts different from traditional courts.

Question 17

An offender's completion of a treatment program during a period of ___________prosecution would typically result in the dismissal of charges.

Question 18

On page 177 we learn that if the arrestee does not pose a significant risk of flight and has been arrested for a relatively minor offense, pretrial release seems a sensible approach. Besides the risk of the accused disappearing and not returning to court, are there any advantages or other ramifications of releasing an accused person to await the next step in the judicial process.

Question 19

Apology penalties may seem a little light as a sentence to some people, and it certainly may be. Apologies, however, do play an important role in some situations. What good would an apology do in child molestation cases?