Exam 3: The Going Rate

America has the highest __________ rate in the world.

The odds of going to prison for murder, burglary, and larceny are much higher in the U.S.compared to England, Canada, and West Germany.

__________ account for the majority of rejections or dismissals.

The ability of the courtroom work group to influence reforms in the justice system is best characterized as

According to Walker's discussion of mistakes in the CJS, select the most accurate statement.

The criminal justice law of thermodynamics states that a(n) ____(1)______ in the severity of a penalty results in ____(2)______ application of that penalty

According to BJS data from 2009, although only 36% of all convicted felony defendants were sentenced to prison, an additional __________ percent were sentenced to jail.

While the average maximum sentence length imposed has increased, time served has decreased.As such, the net effect is no change in terms of assessing leniency.

Examples of the courtroom work group's ability to thwart justice system reforms can be seen in

Select the most accurate statement

Some cases are rejected because of due process problems, but this is more likely to happen in ____(1)______ cases than ____(2)_____ cases.

Most cases that are dismissed are ultimately

The conclusion that only 1% of all criminals go to prison is based on the __________ model that visually represents the flow of cases through the system.

Eighty-five percent of dismissals lead to the defendant's leaving the criminal justice system.

A reexamination of the funnel effect using more recent BJS data found that this effect no longer exists.

One of the consequences of the criminal justice law of thermodynamics is that

One of the reasons it is misleading to conclude that only 1% of all criminals go to prison is that

Examples of the criminal justice law of thermodynamics include

The going rate

Testimony of witnesses or victims is the primary evidence in what type of cases?