CRIMINAL JUSTICE 1001 TEMPLE
UNIVERSITY: FINAL EXAM WITH
CORRECT SOLUTIONS
Truth In Sentencing - ANSWER-Sentencing policies that aim for the offenders to serve
80% to 100% of their sentences ("what you serve is what you get")
Martison Report - ANSWER-The report that promoted the "nothing works" doctrine
about rehabilitation in the US during the 1970's
Abolitionist - ANSWER-Related to the death penalty, most countries around the world
are..
Revocation - ANSWER-Legal consequence of violation of probation or parole
Indeterminate - ANSWER-Sentencing policies under which judges have the discretion
to decide the minimum and maximum penalties
Net-Widening - ANSWER-The use of intermediate sanctions on a different population
from the original target population
Maturation - ANSWER-Rehabilitation is different from this (reduction in crime
involvement because people "age out of crime")
United States - ANSWER-The country with the highest incarceration rate in the world
Nebraska - ANSWER-The most recent US State to have abolished the death penalty
Impact Statement - ANSWER-The way the victim may influence sentencing
Retentionist - ANSWER-The position of those who support the death penalty and
advocate for keeping it as the ultimate form punishment
Probation - ANSWER-The most common criminal penalty given to offenders in America
Deprivation - ANSWER-Theory that affirms that inmates' behavior in prison is explained
by their adaptation to the pains of imprisonment
Reentry - ANSWER-The process following release from the prison is known as
prisoner...
Trier - ANSWER-During a criminal trial, the jury
, should only be the ... of facts and the
judge is the ... of law
Commutation - ANSWER-An executive order of clemency by which the US President or
a State Governor can change the sentence an inmate serves into a less severe
punishment
Super Max - ANSWER-The most restrictive and secure type of prison in the US
Institutional - ANSWER-A main part of the correctional system in the US, consisting of
prisons and jails
Three-Strikes Law - ANSWER-Sentencing laws that mandate harsh sentences (usually
25 to life) for a third felony offense
Criminogenic - ANSWER-When a prison exacerbates the criminal inclinations of the
inmates it holds, it is said to have a .....effect
Thirty - ANSWER-The cost associated with holding one inmate in prison for one year
is....thousand dollars
Unanimous - ANSWER-When all jurors agree on a verdict it means that they arrived at
a ...
verdict
Reasonable Doubt - ANSWER-The standard of proof required in
criminal trials is "proof beyond a ... "
Exculpatory - ANSWER-Withholding ... evidence (by police
or prosecution) may lead to wrongful convictions
Plea Bargaining - ANSWER-The process of negotiation between prosecution and
defense in which the prosecutor offers incentives for the defendant to admit guilt
Jury Nullification - ANSWER-Jury arriving at a verdict by
disregarding the applicable law, in
protest to its perceived unjustness
Innocence Project - ANSWER-Non-government organization
dedicated to the cause of exonerating wrongfully convicted individuals
Fifteen - ANSWER-According to the jury trial
documentary, about ... million
individuals are summoned each year for jury duty in the US
Ninety - ANSWER-More than ... percent of all felony
UNIVERSITY: FINAL EXAM WITH
CORRECT SOLUTIONS
Truth In Sentencing - ANSWER-Sentencing policies that aim for the offenders to serve
80% to 100% of their sentences ("what you serve is what you get")
Martison Report - ANSWER-The report that promoted the "nothing works" doctrine
about rehabilitation in the US during the 1970's
Abolitionist - ANSWER-Related to the death penalty, most countries around the world
are..
Revocation - ANSWER-Legal consequence of violation of probation or parole
Indeterminate - ANSWER-Sentencing policies under which judges have the discretion
to decide the minimum and maximum penalties
Net-Widening - ANSWER-The use of intermediate sanctions on a different population
from the original target population
Maturation - ANSWER-Rehabilitation is different from this (reduction in crime
involvement because people "age out of crime")
United States - ANSWER-The country with the highest incarceration rate in the world
Nebraska - ANSWER-The most recent US State to have abolished the death penalty
Impact Statement - ANSWER-The way the victim may influence sentencing
Retentionist - ANSWER-The position of those who support the death penalty and
advocate for keeping it as the ultimate form punishment
Probation - ANSWER-The most common criminal penalty given to offenders in America
Deprivation - ANSWER-Theory that affirms that inmates' behavior in prison is explained
by their adaptation to the pains of imprisonment
Reentry - ANSWER-The process following release from the prison is known as
prisoner...
Trier - ANSWER-During a criminal trial, the jury
, should only be the ... of facts and the
judge is the ... of law
Commutation - ANSWER-An executive order of clemency by which the US President or
a State Governor can change the sentence an inmate serves into a less severe
punishment
Super Max - ANSWER-The most restrictive and secure type of prison in the US
Institutional - ANSWER-A main part of the correctional system in the US, consisting of
prisons and jails
Three-Strikes Law - ANSWER-Sentencing laws that mandate harsh sentences (usually
25 to life) for a third felony offense
Criminogenic - ANSWER-When a prison exacerbates the criminal inclinations of the
inmates it holds, it is said to have a .....effect
Thirty - ANSWER-The cost associated with holding one inmate in prison for one year
is....thousand dollars
Unanimous - ANSWER-When all jurors agree on a verdict it means that they arrived at
a ...
verdict
Reasonable Doubt - ANSWER-The standard of proof required in
criminal trials is "proof beyond a ... "
Exculpatory - ANSWER-Withholding ... evidence (by police
or prosecution) may lead to wrongful convictions
Plea Bargaining - ANSWER-The process of negotiation between prosecution and
defense in which the prosecutor offers incentives for the defendant to admit guilt
Jury Nullification - ANSWER-Jury arriving at a verdict by
disregarding the applicable law, in
protest to its perceived unjustness
Innocence Project - ANSWER-Non-government organization
dedicated to the cause of exonerating wrongfully convicted individuals
Fifteen - ANSWER-According to the jury trial
documentary, about ... million
individuals are summoned each year for jury duty in the US
Ninety - ANSWER-More than ... percent of all felony
