Parole Exam (Questions with complete answers)

Problems with US Prison System correct answers -US incarcerates people at the highest rate in the world (rate of 700 as compared to Russia which is 575) -Higher immunodeficiency rate, higher elderly rate -America's prisons filled with poorer, darker, younger, less educated people -20% are incarcerated for drug crimes Good Time correct answers Rate of time of sentence earned for good behavior at a rate of half or more of their sentence becomes the viable option Three Strikes Law correct answers A crime control strategy whereby an offender who commits three or more violent offenses will be sentenced to a lengthy term in prison, usually 25 years to life Swift-Certain-Fair correct answers -Immediate enforcement -Violations found and consequence is supposed to be a brief period of incarceration Separation of Powers correct answers -Constitutional division of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, with the legislative branch making law, the executive applying and enforcing the law, and the judiciary interpreting the law -Parole is judicial and is a responsibility of state government Classicalism correct answers -Stresses free will and equality before law (provides basis for determinate sentencing) -"All men created equal" (supposedly...) -Difficult to have perfect equality with criminal code Mens Rea correct answers -Guilty mind. The mental element of a crime or the intent to commit a criminal act. -Punishment is justified b/c offenders violated free will Neoclassicalism correct answers Maintains belief of free will while allowing mitigation by considering past criminal record, insanity, retardation, age, etc. Positivism (Lombroso) correct answers -Attempts to explain cause of crime and offers basis for rehabilitating criminals and indeterminate sentence -Influence by social Darwinism, emphasis on criminal, punishment is not viewed as appropriate Probable Cause correct answers -Reasonable grounds for suspicion supported by facts and circumstances leading one to believe that a person committed a crime -People are arrested, sent to lock up, fingerprinted, police will request formal charges be instituted by prosecutor's office Pretrial Court Appearance correct answers -During this initial appearance, review charges, discuss bail and legal representation