TRIALS & COURTS
Lady Justice represents this function of the trial.
What is the Symbolic function?
___________ is the standard form of punishment for serious crimes used today.
What is Incarceration?
_______ is the ultimate goal of community corrections programs.
What is Rehabilitation?
This constitutional amendment bans 'cruel and unusual punishment.'
What is the Eighth Amendment?
Sentences for juvenile delinquents most often focus on ________ goal.
What is Rehabilitation?
The United States uses _____ model of justice.
What is the Adversarial model?
Retributivists believe the punishment should fit the ____.
What is the Crime?
Sentencing an offender to 100 hours of picking up trash along the highway is this type of punishment.
What is Community Service?
In this landmark Supreme Court case, the death penalty was declared unconstitutional.
What is Furman v. Georgia?
The first juvenile court was established in 1899 in this state.
What is Illinois?
In this type of trial, a judge (not a jury) determines guilt or innocence.
What is a Bench Trial?
This type of prison holds the highest security levels and often houses the 'worst of the worst.'
What is a Supermax Prison?
Under this level of home confinement, the person must be home at certain times but is otherwise generally free.
What is a Curfew?
This is the belief that ultimate success or failure in life is up to each individual person.
What is American Individualism?
This concept describes how excessive rules and harsh discipline in schools can steer students toward criminality.
What is the School-to-Prison Pipeline?
_______ is the very first phase of a criminal trial.
What are Opening Statements?
Three strikes laws are an example of a penal ______.
What is a Policy?
Under this level of home confinement, the offender is on 24-hour lockdown and may only leave for court dates or emergencies.
What is Home Incarceration?
The Stanford Prison Experiment specifically assessed this effect of imprisonment.
What is the Abuse of Power?
In Roper v. Simmons, the Supreme Court ruled that this punishment is unconstitutional for juveniles.
What is the Death Penalty?
A prosecutor discovers DNA evidence linking someone else to the crime. What must the prosecutor do?
What is tell the defense attorney? (Brady disclosure)
This is currently the preferred method of execution in the United States.
What is Lethal Injection?
This punishment philosophy seeks to heal rather than punish.
What is Restorative Justice?
This federal act included reforms specifically for incarcerated women, such as free tampons and sanitary napkins.
What is the First Step Act?
In Graham v. Florida, the Supreme Court ruled this sentence unconstitutional for juveniles convicted of non-homicide crimes.
What is Life Without the Possibility of Parole?