Intro to Justice 1

                primarily house those convicted of felony offenses that require longer periods of incarceration.​

• Jails

• Halfway houses

• Prison

• Treatment facilitation

According to the conflict model, different segments of society have different value systems and shared norms and are engaged in a constant struggle to control society.​

• True

• False

​_________________________ refer to methods to identify a person based on his or her unique physical characteristics, such as fingerprints or facial configuration.

• Biometrics

• Plyometrics

• Ballistics

• Forensics

During which step in the criminal justice process would the offender plead guilty to a criminal charge?​

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  ​Entry into the system

  
  

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  ​Pretrial services

  
  

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  ​Adjudication

  
  

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  ​Sentencing and sanctions

  
  

Collectively the discretionary decisions made by criminal justice professionals are said to produce a(n) _______​

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  ​due process model.

  
  

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  ​crime control model.

  
  

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  ​formal criminal justice process.

  
  

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  ​informal criminal justice process.

  
  

Discretion is defined as the ability to make operational decisions based on __________​

• The law

• Personal judgement

• Trust

• Rational thinking

All deviant acts are criminal and all crimes are deviant.​

• True

• False

Deviance is an objective concept; society agrees on which behaviors should be criminalized.​

• True

• False

An act that violates criminal law and is punishable by criminal sanctions is known as a_________​

• Crime

• Felony

• Tort

• Deviant

Federalism refers to:​

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  ​a system of government dominated by an all-powerful federal government.

  
  

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  ​a system of checks and balances within the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government.

  
  

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  ​a system of government in which states are independent and self-governing.

  
  

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  ​a sharing of government powers by federal and state authorities.