Crime Policy
Quiz objective:
Understand the nature of crime in the U.S.; different versions as to why it occurs and how to deal with it.
1.
The trend in crime policy now as it relates to those who commit crime is to
A) get tough on the criminal
B) try to understand the background of the criminal and why he/she committed the crime
C) provide another chance for the criminal
D) all of the above
E) b and c only
2.
The National Rifle Association believes that gun control legislation is a violation of your constitutional rights. On what do they base this belief?
A) First Amendment
B) Article IV of the Constitution
C) Second Amendment
D) Federalism
E) Fourth Amendment
3.
Many believe that the dealth penalty (capital punishment) is a violation of the a person's constitutional rights. They based this belief on
A) Eight Amendment cruel and unusual punishment
B) Fourteenth Amendment equal protection clause
C) Moral integrity
D) all of the above
E) a and b only
4.
__________________ is the idea that if there are strict punishments, then others will not commit a similar crime.
A) restitution
B) equal protection
C) defamation
D) deterrence
E) none of the above
5.
Those who believe that crime occurs as a result of social and economic hardships would likely favor what type of response to crime?
A) a "three strikes and your out" strategy
B) strict sentencing for crimes
C) increases in education and job training programs
D) a system that stresses rehabilitation
E) c and d only
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