Exam 12: The Basis of an Orderly Society

Studies have found that respectful policing practices

Crime control policies have traditionally relied on external authority, such as law enforcement and punitive sentence, but procedural justice policies seek to cultivate internally based voluntary obligation

One limitation of studies on procedural justice is the questions about its application to serious crime.

One of the key variables in people's satisfaction with a system is the sense that

The evidence of significant racial disparities in drug enforcement

The procedural justice perspective says that people are motivated primarily by fear of punishment.

Respectful policing has a no significant effect on peoples' assessment of police legitimacy

Procedural justice reforms to improve legitimacy are not applicable to the prison system.

The most important strategy for improving police-citizen encounters is to reduce police use of deadly force and use of excessive physical force.

For years, decriminalizing certain offenses was a major liberal policy recommendation.That changed because

Research has shown that police are more likely to stop African Americans than whites.

In successful drug courts, the behavior of the judges

Over the past fifty years, arrests for public drunkenness, disorderly conduct, and vagrancy

The most important strategy for improving police-citizen encounters is

There is evidence of significant racial disparity in the enforcement of

The most important source of people's attitudes toward the CJS is the courts.

The strategy of teaching officers to de-escalate encounters between the police and citizens is designed to eliminate

When criminal laws become out of step with the views of society, the result is

The difference between traditional crime control policies and procedural justice policies is

The amount of time lawyers spent with felony defendants in criminal courts