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ble 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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,CHAPTERm 1: m AN mOVERVIEW m OF m THE m CRIMINAL m JU STICE mSYSTEM
MULTIPLEmCHOICE
1. WhilemmostmCanadians msaym theymsupportma m "tough monmcrime"m approach, m what m
do mtheymfeelmis m themmostmappropriate mapproachm to m reducem crim e?
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mfenders m exceptm fo rm those mcon-
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judges.
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enders.
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3. Whatmis mmeantmbymconservatives mwhenmtheymsaymitmismtimemto mbem"Rightmo
nmCrime"?
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fmthemfo llo wingmis m a m reasonm whym this m has m happenedmaccordingm to m researchers
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nalmcases mmoremefficient.
c. anmincreaseminm themnumbermo fmsta
temandmfederalm prisons.
d. anmincreaseminm themnumbermo fm po-
mlice mperm capita.
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m problematicm behaviour?
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6th Edition Colin Goff
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,Test Bank for Criminal Justice in Canada 6th Edition Colin Goff Ta
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ble 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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,CHAPTERm 1: m AN mOVERVIEW m OF m THE m CRIMINAL m JU STICE mSYSTEM
MULTIPLEmCHOICE
1. WhilemmostmCanadians msaym theymsupportma m "tough monmcrime"m approach, m what m
do mtheymfeelmis m themmostmappropriate mapproachm to m reducem crim e?
a. shortermpunishments m formallmo f-
mfenders m exceptm fo rm those mcon-
victedmofma mvio lentmo ffence.
b. anmincreasemin m them num ber mof
communitymsanctions m available mto m
judges.
c. longermprisonm term s m form violentmoff
enders.
d. anmincreaseminm themnumbermo fm pris
ons macross mCanada.
ANS: m C PTS: m 1 REF: m 2 BLM: m UNDERSTAND
2. WhilemmostmCanadiansmindicatemtheymsupportmam"toughmonmcrime"mapproach
,mhowmdo mtheymfeelmgovernments mshouldmbestmfightmcrime?
a. themintroductio n mo fmmoremcrim empr
eventionmprograms.
b. hiremmorempolicemo fficers min morde
rmto mdetectm moremcrimes.
c. increasemthem num bermo fm prisons m ac
ross mCanada.
d. increasemthem lengthmo fm punish-
mmentmformserious m o ffenders.
ANS: m A PTS: m 1 REF: m 2 BLM: m UNDERSTAND
3. Whatmis mmeantmbymconservatives mwhenmtheymsaymitmismtimemto mbem"Rightmo
nmCrime"?
a. increasingm them num bermo fmindivid-
muals mwho mare m incarcerated m to
makem societym safer.
b. introducing mmo re mcost-effective
approaches mthatmbettermprotectm t
hempublic.
c. introducing mmorem punishments m t
hatmaremdeterrence-basedminmo r-
dermto mbettermpro tectmthe mpublic.
d. decreasingm them amountm o fm com-
, munitymprograms mformsubstanc
emabusers.
ANS: m B PTS: m 1 REF: m 3 BLM: m UNDERSTAND
4. Inmrecentm years m them crim em ratem has m decreasedminm them Unitedm States.m Whichmo
fmthemfo llo wingmis m a m reasonm whym this m has m happenedmaccordingm to m researchers
?
a. increasingmthemnumbermofmjudges
mso m morem criminalmcases mcanmbe
processed.
b. introducing mrefo rm s m to mmakem crimi
nalmcases mmoremefficient.
c. anmincreaseminm themnumbermo fmsta
temandmfederalm prisons.
d. anmincreaseminm themnumbermo fm po-
mlice mperm capita.
ANS: m D PTS: m 1 REF: m 3 BLM: m UNDERSTAND
5. Whatmterm m commonlym refers m to mho wma msocietymorganizes mits' m reaction m to
m problematicm behaviour?
a. socialmcontrol
b. civilmlaw
c. criminalmbehaviour
d. criminalm law
ANS: m A PTS: m 1 REF: m 4 BLM: m REMEMBER
