Test Bank for Criminal Justice in Canada, 6th Edition by Colin H. Goff |Fully covered|

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,Test Bank for Criminal Justice in Canada 6th Edition Colin Goff
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Table of Contents
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Chapter 1: An Overview of the Criminal Justice System in Canada
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Chapter 2: Criminal Law and Criminal Justice in Canada
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Chapter 3: Control Philosophy and Criminal Justice Policy
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Chapter 4: Crime Rates, Crime Trends, and Perceptions of Crime in
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Canada
Chapter 5: Police Operations
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Chapter 6: Issues in Canadian Policing
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Chapter 7: Pretrial Criminal Procedures
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Chapter 8: The Courts and Criminal Trial Procedure
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Chapter 9: Sentencing and Punishment
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Chapter 10: Alternatives to Prison: Probation, Conditional Sentences,
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and Intermediate Sanctions
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Chapter 11: Corrections in Canada: History, Facilities, and Populations
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Chapter 12: Community Reintegration
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,CHAPTER 1: AN OVERVIEW OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
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1. While most Canadians say they support a "tough on crime" approach, wha
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t do they feel is the most appropriate approach to reduce crime?
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a. shorter punishments for all of-
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fenders except for those con-
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victed of a violent offence.
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b. an increase in the number of
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community sanctions available to x@ x@ x@ x


@judges.
c. longer prison terms for violent of
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fenders.
d. an increase in the number of pris
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ons across Canada.
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2. While most Canadians indicate they support a "tough on crime" approach
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, how do they feel governments should best fight crime?
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a. the introduction of more crime pr
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evention programs. x@



b. hire more police officers in orde
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r to detect more crimes.
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c. increase the number of prisons a x@ x@ x@ x@ x@


cross Canada. x@



d. increase the length of punish- x@ x@ x@ x@


ment for serious offenders.
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3. What is meant by conservatives when they say it is time to be "Right
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on Crime"?
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a. increasing the number of individ- x@ x@ x@ x@


uals who are incarcerated to
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make society safer. x@ x@



b. introducing more cost-effective x@ x@


approaches that better protect x@ x@ x@ x@


the public. x@



c. introducing more punishments t x@ x@ x@


hat are deterrence-based in or-
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der to better protect the public.
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d. decreasing the amount of com- x@ x@ x@ x@

, munity programs for substanc x@ x@ x@


e abusers.
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4. In recent years the crime rate has decreased in the United States. Which
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of the following is a reason why this has happened according to researc
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hers?
a. increasing the number of judges x@ x@ x@ x@


so more criminal cases can b
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e
processed.
b. introducing reforms to make crim x@ x@ x@ x@


inal cases more efficient.
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c. an increase in the number of st
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ate and federal prisons.
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d. an increase in the number of po-
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lice per capita.
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5. What term commonly refers to how a society organizes its' reaction
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to problematic behaviour?
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b. civil law x@



c. criminal behaviour x@



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