UCR
Vocabulary
Death Penalty
Crime Control
The Group's Choice
100

Statistics are reliable from the UCR because...

What is the workers are experienced police officers?


100

The criminal justice system is..

What is made up of the institutions and processes responsible for enforcing criminal statute?

100

The death penalty does not _____  the murder rate or deter people from murder.

What is lower?

100

Most prisons have programs aimed to give prisoners ___ and ___ work skills to help them fit into society. 

What is social and work skills?

100

Retribution comes from?

What is 'eye for an eye"?

200

Nine different crimes are included in UCR's statistics. Which one is missing?

hate crimes, arson, aggravated assault, larceny-theft, burglary, murder, rape, and robbery

What is motor vehicle theft?


200

Deterrence is

What is the threat of punishment to discourage criminal actions?

200

Who are more likely to be convicted and given the death penalty than whites?

What is Latinos and African Americans?

200

Rehabilitation is an approach to crime control that attempts to _____ criminals. 

What is resocialize? 

200

Where do people spend their entire lives in prison camps for crimes ranging from political opposition to murder?

What is Soviet Union and China?

300

What is larceny theft?

What is the act of taking property without consent?

300

What is crime?

What is any act in violation of statue law?

300

The penalty varies according to..

What is race and ethnicity? 

300

Incarceration is a method of protecting citizens from ____ by keeping them in prisons.

What is criminals?

300

African Americans make up what percentage of the death row?

What is 43%?

400

The UCR tends to overrepresent who?

What is the lower class ?

400

What is retribution?

What is a type of punishment intended to make criminals pay compensation for their acts? 

400

_______ regarding the ability of the death penalty to prevent crime did not affect the attitude toward the death penalty itself.

What is attitude?

400

Retribution is A type of punishment intended to make criminals pay _____ for their acts.

What is compensation? 

400

A mother killing the man who shot her son is an example of which crime control?

What is retribution? 

500

What does UCR stand for?

What is Uniform Crime Reports?

500

What is recidivism?

What is return to criminal behavior?

500

_____ make up 43% of the death row?

What is African Americans? 

500

What is the return to criminal behavior? 

What is recidivism? 

500

True or False?

Prostitutes and intoxicated people are safe in private places.

What is true?

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