Practice Quiz Chapter 08

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. The ________ maintains that more police, stricter sentences, and harsher prison conditions are the three key ingredients for reducing crime.

a) police perspective correct incorrect

b) politician's perspective correct incorrect

c) rational choice perspective correct incorrect

d) law-and-order perspective correct incorrect

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. The main goal of ________ policing is "the maintenance of order," where the police target those individuals who are perceived as the most important cause of disorder.

a) zero tolerance correct incorrect

b) community correct incorrect

c) hot spot correct incorrect

d) racial correct incorrect

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. From their survey of Toronto high school youth, Wortley and Tanner (2005a) suggest that racial profiling ________.

a) does not occur in Toronto correct incorrect

b) does occur in Toronto correct incorrect

c) only occurs to Aboriginal youth correct incorrect

d) only occurs when youth are involved in crime correct incorrect

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. ________ refers to the idea that society can be protected from crime through the prevention of criminal acts.

a) Deterrence correct incorrect

b) Vengeance correct incorrect

c) Indoctrination correct incorrect

d) Revenge correct incorrect

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. In Canada, those who are sentenced to a prison term of two years or more are incarcerated in ________.

a) federal facilities correct incorrect

b) provincial facilities correct incorrect

c) municipal facilities correct incorrect

d) regional facilities correct incorrect

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. Remand custody refers to ________.

a) house arrest correct incorrect

b) holding those who await further court appearances in custody in a correctional facility correct incorrect

c) putting people in custody for short periods (e.g., for 24 hours) for public intoxication correct incorrect

d) putting people in custody until their lawyer arrives correct incorrect

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. ________ is not one of the three provincial police forces in Canada.

a) Royal Canadian Mounted Police correct incorrect

b) Ontario Provincial Police correct incorrect

c) Royal Newfoundland Constabulary correct incorrect

d) Sûreté du Québec correct incorrect

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. The maximum amount of time that a youth can be placed in a closed custody facility in Canada is _________.

a) six months correct incorrect

b) one year correct incorrect

c) two years correct incorrect

d) three years correct incorrect

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. In Canada, offenders who are given conditional sentences by the courts ________.

a) are placed under house arrest correct incorrect

b) serve time in the community, not in a prison correct incorrect

c) spend a maximum of four months in prison correct incorrect

d) are always first-time offenders correct incorrect

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. ________ is a consensus method of dealing with crime, emphasizing remedies, and restorations.

a) Restorative justice correct incorrect

b) Medicinal healing correct incorrect

c) Harm reduction correct incorrect

d) Spiritual justice correct incorrect

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. There is ______for the idea that the fear of getting caught can prevent some types of criminal behaviour.

a) some empirical support correct incorrect

b) no empirical support correct incorrect

c) no theoretical support correct incorrect

d) no empirical or theoretical support correct incorrect

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. According to Clear (1994), ________ in the USA is associated with "when things are done to the offender."

a) prisoner's rights correct incorrect

b) victim's rights correct incorrect

c) women's rights correct incorrect

d) rights of young offenders correct incorrect

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. The North-West Mounted Police became ________.

a) the Federal Bureau of Investigation correct incorrect

b) Scotland Yard correct incorrect

c) the Canadian Military Police correct incorrect

d) the Royal Canadian Mounted Police correct incorrect

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. The Safe Streets Act of 2000 in Ontario ________.

a) increased the number of police foot patrols in large cities like Toronto correct incorrect

b) made homelessness illegal correct incorrect

c) banned squeegee cleaning and aggressive panhandling in Ontario correct incorrect

d) introduced red-light cameras at selected high traffic intersections correct incorrect

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. The recidivism rate is based on ________.

a) offenders who area released from jail who then re-offend and end up back in jail correct incorrect

b) those arrested for a crime who are denied bail correct incorrect

c) offenders who are sentenced to custody versus those who are placed under house arrest correct incorrect

d) correctional data that compares offending rates in two or more provinces correct incorrect