Exam 1: The Study and Scope of Justice Administration

Because the justice process lacks sufficient program and procedural flexibility,the workers in the criminal justice system often adhere to organizational practices they know are,at times,dysfunctional.

To be successful,administrators should avoid attempts to understand the personalities,needs,and motivations of their employees.

Write your own social contract,using three distinct points that either incorporate the elements of the social contract discussed in Chapter One and/or develop your own.

The three components of the justice system have incompatible goals and are continually competing with one another for criminal convictions.

U.S.society has innumerable lawbreakers.Most of them are easily handled by the ___________ and do not challenge the legitimacy of the law.

Much of the failure to deal effectively with crime in society may be attributed to:

Prosecutors often complain that police provide case reports of poor quality.

Compare and contrast the different views of administration of justice in the United States as a non-system,as a network,and as a process.

The decisions and actions by an institution,offender,victim,or society that influence the offender's movement into,throughout,or out of the justice system are described as the ____________ __________ ___________.

In the United States,a comprehensive analysis and overview of policy on crime has been accomplished,therefore making policy related to the reduction of crime an exact process.

The views of the theorist contend that the criminal justice system is in reality not a system at all,but is a ___________ instead.

Thomas Jefferson's statements in the Declaration of Independence are as true today as the day when he wrote them but are not widely accepted as common sense.

______________ exists among the components of the process,within the individual components,among political jurisdictions,and among persons.

Today's leaders in Justice Administration-related positions do not find it necessary to be familiar with the legal aspects of their work,as that is best left to officers of the courts.

According to the text,the key assumptions about the criminal justice system are erroneous because of all of the following,except:

The most complex and comprehensive approach to effecting planned change in criminal justice is to create a policy.

Describe the characteristics of the Conflict view versus the Consensus view.How is this debate relevant for criminal justice administrators?

The model developed by Herbert Packer that suggests the criminal justice system should focus on helping the victims of crime and that the repression of crime is of the utmost of importance in controlling crime is the ______ _________ model.

Explain and compare Herbert Packer's due process and crime control models.

The process of policymaking involves the following: