Exam 7: Victims and the Criminal Justice System: Cooperation and Conflict

To address the problems and needs of victims and witnesses, the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration funded which of the following for the first time during the mid-1970s.

A stalling strategy has succeeded when

Which of the following does the Code of Professional Responsibility clearly prohibit defense attorneys from doing when cross-examining witnesses?

The United States Supreme Court only hears cases on appeal from federal and state courts that raise important principles of constitutional law.

Victims see their situations as unique events that deserve careful consideration and not as routine occurrences to be handled according to a formula sometimes referred to as a jurisdiction's going rate.

On rare occasions, a case involving a crime victim raises significant legal issues that have not yet been addressed and resolved by some earlier judicial ruling.Identify and discuss two recent Supreme Court decisions and their direct effects on crime victims.

Which of the following types of crime victims are most likely to want parole boards to grant parole to convicts, but only with certain requirements as conditions of parole?

A stalling strategy has succeeded when the victim has to pay for private prosecution.

When would-be complainants experience strong pressures from their own families and friends not to come forward and tell the police what has happened, they have experienced which of the following?

Corrections officials include jail and prison wardens and guards, parole boards, and probation and parole officers.Accordingly, crime victims seek the cooperation of these professionals but often find themselves in conflict with them.Identify and discuss two of the issues over which crime victims and corrections personnel are most likely to have conflict.

Prosecutors always put the interests of the victim above those of the government and their bureaucracy.

The Eighth Amendment guarantees accused persons the right to a speedy trial.

Which of the following constitutional amendments guarantees accused persons the right to a speedy trial?

Victims' rights gained at the expense of offenders might include reducing options for early release from confinement.

Discuss the five most important actions by prosecutors to assist and serve crime victims, based on the material in this chapter.

According to the 1992 National Prosecutor Survey Program, 97% of all district attorney offices reported that they notified felony victims of the outcomes of their cases.

Which of the following describes the court proceedings of prosecutors and defense attorneys each presenting their cases and cross-examining witnesses?

Police officials, other prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, community leaders, media, and interest groups can all affect a prosecutor's decision.

Bedsheeting refers to the practice of charging a defendant with every applicable crime committed during a single criminal incident.

According to advocates, some rights that victims gain should come at the expense of which of the following?