Explain Criminal Justice as a profession (4 answers)
What is HIGHER DEGREE, HIGHER ETHIC STANDARD, DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE, THINK PROFESSIONALLY
100
This person said that to have an effective deterrent to crime punishment should be swift, certain, and severe
Who is C BECCARIA
100
The growth of criminal justice as an area of academic study in the 1970s was greatly influenced by
What is THE LEAA (LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION)
100
Symbol of Justice
What is lady justice holding a pair of scales
200
Rate at which people get back in the system
What is RECIDIVISM
200
________ is a choice.
It lies mostly with the police but can be found in courts (judges & prosecutors) and through the correction program through prison guards
What is DISCRETION
200
Qutelet was the first to study what?
What is DARK FIGURE OF CRIME
200
Decisions about what laws should be created are often based on
What is Morality.
200
In Wednesday's class we talked about a type of fishing that was illegal in Texas about two years ago. What was this type of fishing called?
What is NOODLING
300
Universal wrong. i.e. Rape, murder, robbery, assault
Not so bad, but illegal. i.e. gambling, prostitution, drug possession
What is MALA IN SE and What is MALA PROHIBITA
300
What are the recent trends in crime rates
What is DECREASING
300
This person defined a bureaucratic agency
Who is MAX WEBER
300
What does the term Nullen crimen sine lege mean?
What is There can be no crime without a law..
300
How many felonies in Texas
What is over 2000
400
An example of this type of law is that you can not purchase alcohol before 12 (noon) on Sundays
What is BLUE LAWS
400
Who created the FBI
Who is J. Edgar Hoover
400
When defendants enters a plea of guilty but maintain their innocence, this plea is referred to as
What is nolo contendere..
400
What is the least common crime?
What is Homicide
500
The gap between the UCR crime rate and the NCV's victimization rate
What is DARK FIGURE OF CRIME
500
Index crimes are divided into two categories and each category have four sub categories. Name them
What is VIOLATE CRIMES - ASSUALT, ROBBERY, RAPE, MURDER
PROPERTY CRIMES - AUTO THEFT, BURGLARY, ARSON, THEFT
500
J Bentham created the concept of what
What is hedonic calculus (pain vs pleasure)
500
The Youth Risk Behavior Study is an example of which type of crime measurement method?
What is SELF REPORT DATA
500
What is the difference between jail and prison?
What is Jail - Short time, lesser offence, ran by county
Prison - longer time, felony, ran by the state