Final Exam Questions
Part A: Answer each of the following questions in two or more complete paragraphs. Each answer is worth 12 points.
Define supermax, maximum, medium, and minimum prison security levels.
Describe the pros and cons of utilizing private security.
Name the six demographic factors that affect a person’s fear of crime. Explain how each factor affects one’s fear of crime.
Distinguish between the informal and formal approaches in juvenile justice. Be sure to explain the fundamental difference between the juvenile justice and the criminal justice systems.
Summarize the findings of the Knapp Commission (1972), including the types of corruption associated with the “grass-eaters” and the “meat-eaters” in police culture.
Part B: Answer each of the following questions in one to four sentences. Each answer is worth 4 points.
Explain how guidelines are used to help judges and juries decide whether the death penalty should be imposed in a given case.
Identify the First Step Act as well as two key aspects that make this reentry approach successful.
Compare and contrast Classical approaches of explaining crime to Positivist approaches of explaining crime.
Identify the “smart justice” movement and provide at least four examples of reforms, policies, or programs that fall within this movement.
Indigent defendants can have a court-appointed attorney, a public defender, or a contract lawyer. What are the differences?
Your text identifies three possible ways in which future American criminal courts may be forced to adapt their routines and personnel to changing demographics. What are they?
Explain the origins of victim impact statements and identify at least four of the core rights of victims.
What is the exclusionary rule, and what are its three primary purposes?
Identify at least three challenges that the age of terrorism presents for the criminal justice system.
What are the three different operational styles or overall approaches to the police job?
