Exam 2: Crime Control Versus Due Process

According to the rulings of the Supreme Court, the death penalty is a violation of the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment.

What changes were made to state and federal sentencing policies in the 1970s and 1980s?

For the Crime Control Model to work effectively, the courtroom workgroup must share an understanding of the "going rate," the proper sanction for a given crime under a certain set of circumstances.

The crime control model has had the following impacts on the juvenile justice system (select all correct responses).

Which part of the justice system dominates discussions of the Due Process model?

If an accused person is caught in the act, so-called flagrante delicto, the state need not worry about proving guilt.

The concept of due process is found in which amendments to the U.S. Constitution?

Which of the following elements does not belong in a discussion of the Crime Control Model?

According to the authors, civil libertarians are most likely to support Packer's Due Process model.

In the minds of many prosecutors, the presumption of guilt is a "prediction of outcome," meaning that it is likely the accused person is guilty and will be found guilty.

What are the three principal components of the courtroom work group?

Which agency within the federal government was charged with investigating and finding solutions for the disproportionate minority contact (DMC) problem?

The president who oversaw implementation of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act and carried out this nation's first "war on crime" was

Packer's two models of justice, Due Process and Crime Control, describe what "is" versus "what ought to be" in American administration of justice system.

What is the significance of the following Supreme Court rulings: Escobedo v. Illinois (1964), Gideon v. Wainwright (1963), and Miranda v. Arizona (1966)?

The following statement summarizes the essence of the Due Process model: "It is better to let 12 guilt people go free than to punish 1 innocent person."

President Bill Clinton, unlike his predecessors, Nixon, Reagan, and H. W. Bush, abandoned the crime control approach during the 1990s.

Blended sentencing prevents a juvenile court from imposing an adult sentence for youthful offenders.

The change in the sentencing laws during 1970s resulted in more people being incarcerated with longer average sentences.

In 1968, Herbert L. Packer wrote __________, which helped to define the justice process in America for the next 40-plus years.