Exam 1: Crime and the Problem of Social Control

The Secret Service is responsible only for protecting the president.

The media are agents of social control.

The overlap of jurisdictions makes the criminal justice system inefficient.

Most criminal justice activity for the courts is at the state level.

What two basic types of inmates do county jails hold?

Controlling and preventing antisocial behavior is solely the responsibility of the criminal justice system.

The political configurations of each state are almost exactly alike.

Which are goals of the criminal justice system?

A is a component of a county corrections system that usually holds offenders who have already been sentenced.

A written request to a higher court to modify or reverse the judgment of a trial court or intermediate-level appellate court.

Why is socialization important?

This is the court of final appeal, but it only deals with a few cases.

What sets the U.S. criminal justice system apart from the systems of many other nations?

Regarding the criminal justice system "funnel," what is the difference between "offenses" and "offenses known to the police"?

What are three reasons that some offenses are excluded from the criminal justice system?

This involves correcting the offender's behavior and giving him or her the skills and ability to survive in society without violating the law.

Most criminal offenses result in someone going to prison.

This is a state or federal institution that confines people convicted of crime who are serving sentences for longer than a year.

Four factors challenge the transition to greater cooperation among law enforcement agencies. Which is not one of these?

This is punishment that is considered deserved.