Deck 2: An Overview of the Justice System

Question 1

The United States includes bilateral agreements in treaties with other nations ensuring that American military personnel cannot be tried for war crimes by the International Criminal Court.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

In 2002 the United States withdrew from the Treaty of Rome because of administration fears that American military personnel could be tried for war crimes by the International Criminal Court.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The Office of Victims of Crimes refers to torture victims as

A)Invisible Population of Crime Victims.
B)The Missing Ones.
C)People of Silent Dread.
D)Ghosts of Oppression.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The United States now participates in the International Crime Victim Survey.

Question 5

A nation is guilty of trafficking within its own borders when it enslaves its citizens as a source of cheap labor.

Question 6

Evidence indicates that we are making slow progress in the fight against trafficking.

Question 7

All victims of crimes should be treated as individuals with their own special needs.

Question 8

______ is a common behavior of survivors of torture.

A)Sleeping in chairs to avoid dreaming
B)Inability to turn off the lights at night
C)Being unable to eat without vomiting
D)All of the above

Question 9

Among the rights protected by the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights is

A)freedom of religion.
B)independency of the judiciary.
C)civil rights.
D)All of the above

Question 10

The threat of terrorism against both Americans and other populations has dramatically increased in the last several years due to globalization.

Question 11

The International Criminal Court has no authority to deal with individual responsibility in acts of genocide.

Question 12

Generally trafficking involves a flow of victims from large,well-developed countries to those that are less populated and more agrarian.

Question 13

When ordinary citizens are tortured,it is usually because the

A)person was mistaken for someone else.
B)government is attempting to control the population through fear.
C)torturer is practicing new techniques.
D)government is trying to cover the real target.

Question 14

Oddly,evidence indicates that victims of trafficking enjoy a better lifestyle than do their families and friends back home.

Question 15

Potential targets for torture include human rights workers.

Question 16

1.Victimology did not gain an international perspective until the 1970s.

Question 17

Trafficking of persons is a lucrative business for organized crime.

Question 18

The ______ operates an extensive website that provides detailed information about abducted children.

A)Hague Convention on Child Abduction
B)Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy
C)National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
D)No such website is maintained.

Question 19

The International Criminal Court is a part of the United Nations.

Question 20

The former Soviet Union was a contributor of persons trafficked for prostitution.

Question 21

Discuss the actions of the United Nations in combating international victimization.

Question 22

There are six principal organizations within the United Nations:the Security Council,the General Assembly,the Economic and Social Council,the Trusteeship Council,the International Court of Justice,and ____.

Question 23

The ___ Crime Victimization Survey is the most far-reaching survey of crime in the world.

Question 24

The earliest known discussion of the collection of crime ___ at the international level is considered to have been at the General Statistical Congress held in Brussels in 1853.

Question 25

Why did the United States withdraw from the Treaty of Rome?

Question 26

The WSV continues to meet every ___ years at different locations around the world.

Question 27

In 1976,___ began publishing a journal entitled Victimology.

Question 28

The governor of a border state wants to know if the United Nations' Protocol to Prevent,Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons,especially Women and Children,applies to her state,where she approved an agreement with a foreign corporation by which the corporation would hire foreign individuals and transport them to her state for work on the hog farms.What would be your answer to the governor?

Question 29

What is the purpose of the International Court of Justice?

Question 30

Discuss the Treaty of Rome and the International Criminal Court.

Question 31

As a result of ___,the threat of terrorism against both Americans and other populations has dramatically increased in the last several years.

Question 32

The ____ was formally established in Munster,Germany,in 1979.

Question 33

One of the most important aspects of the United Nations is its creation of a comprehensive body of ____ dealing with human rights.

Question 34

The inadequacy of accurate and comparable reporting can be attributed to a number of ____ differences.

Question 35

____ crime has been defined as groups of individuals with stable,generally hierarchical organizations that perpetrate illegal actions in order to enrich themselves without regard to international borders.

Question 36

What constitutes trafficking?