Arizona State University - CRJ 350 Quiz 2. Latest Complete Solution.Question 1
1 out of 1 points
The prediction instrument used in the Wenk study used
... [Show More] which of the prediction
methods?
Selected
Answer: prior history and clinical evaluation
Answers: actuarial and clinical evaluation
actuarial and prior history
prior history and clinical evaluation
actuarial, prior history and clinical
evaluation
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
Wolfgang’s follow-up study using a 1958 cohort found
Selected
Answer: a small percentage of the cohort was chronic recidivists, but they
committed more and more serious crimes than the 1945 cohort
Answers: offenders in the 1958 cohort began their criminal careers at an
earlier age than the 1945 cohort
a small percentage of the cohort was chronic recidivists, but they
committed more and more serious crimes than the 1945 cohort
the same pattern in chronic offending held for both boys and girls
the original study was a fluke as similar patterns in chronic
offending were not identified
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
A system of justice where guilt or innocence is determined through the state’s
presentation of the case and the defendant’s challenge of it that is overseen by a
neutral judge is what type of system?
Selected
Answer: adversarial
Answers: administrativ
e
inquisitorial
adversarial
impossible
Question 4
1 out of 1 points
The standard liberal criticism is that our CJS is more _____(1)_____ than other
countries, while conservatives argue that we are too _____(2)_____.
Selected
Answer: (1) punitive (2) lenient
Answers: (1) lenient (2) lenient as
well
(1) punitive (2) punitive as
well
(1) punitive (2) lenient
(1) lenient (2) punitive
Question 5
0 out of 1 points
According to the text, the two serious problems involved in translating chronic
offender research into policy include
Selected
Answer: the conflict between preventing chronic offending versus
punishing it
Answers: identifying the chronic offenders and when they begin their
careers
the conflict between preventing chronic offending versus
punishing it
determining what kinds of crime they commit and why they
stop
the prediction problem and estimating how much crime they
commit
Question 6
1 out of 1 points
Examples of the criminal justice law of thermodynamics include
Selected
Answer: the death penalty and three strikes laws
Answers: In re Gault and speedy trial laws
the death penalty and decriminalization of
marijuana
the death penalty and three strikes laws
early release programs and three strikes laws [Show Less]