A sentence requiring the offender to remain inside his or her home during specified
periods is called ____________________.
__________ offenses are prohibited by law but are not wrong in themselves.
The War on Drugs has drastically reduced drug use.
Police officers must have the public’s confidence.
Probationers must not commit new crimes during their sentence, but they do not have
conditions to meet like parolees.
The Supreme Court has decided that it is constitutional to allow jurors opposed to the
death penalty to be excluded from capital trials. What effect might this have on
decisions made by such juries? Can such juries be “fair and impartial” according to the
Sixth Amendment? Explain your answer drawing from material in the text.
Answer:Responses will vary
Is it a good idea to devote entire prisons for geriatric inmates? What are the pros and
cons? Since the population of elderly inmates will continue to increase, should we make
a change in sentencing before they are in prison. What role does healthcare have in the
decision?
Answer:Responses will vary
Officers in an urgent situation, acting under ____________________
____________________, are not required to obtain a warrant.
The number of ______ ______ inmates is undoubtedly low because not all states
conduct mandatory testing of the disease.
Police are mainly reactive because they are dependent upon citizen calls for service in
performing their duties.
Female offenders were treated no differently than men in Europe and North America at
the beginning of the 19th century.
Discretionary release shifts discretion from a judge to an administrative board.
Appellate courts do not try criminal cases.
Prosecutors are being ‘soft on crime” when they engage in plea bargains.
The release of inmates to attend college classes is known as ____________________
release.
The watchman style of policing stresses order maintenance.
A criminal act of commission (or omission) is referred to as ____________________.
Parole is the release of an offender from the legal custody of the state.
The ____________________refers to the percentage of crimes known to police that
they believe they have solved through an arrest.
The ________ _______ ________ allows officers to examine evidence without a
warrant if it is in an open location.