Deck 7: Crime Control in the New Millennium: New Mechanisms for Controlling the Dangerous Classes

Question 1

The private security industry has contributed to the increase in __________ across the country.

A) gated communities
B) private patrol service
C) home alarm systems
D) all of the above
E) a and c

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Government welfare programs are a part of the criminal justice industrial complex.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Profits from the crime control industry have been estimated at upwards of $250 to $300 billion per year which is roughly the equivalent of the ___________ budget.

A) Pentagon
B) gross national product
C) foreign aid
D) both a and c

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Politicians and businessmen are part of the new "iron triangle."

Question 5

Fighting crime has become a Keynesian stimulus to the American Economy.

Question 6

The "new _______" refers to the ability of the powerful to refuse to sell commodities or buy labor power.

A) exploitation
B) trade agreements
C) economy
D) domination

Question 7

Fear of crime has been declining steadily along with crime rates since the early 1990's.

Question 8

_________ and ________ are components of the crime control industry.

A) profits from hospitals
B) fines from courts
C) bail bondsman
D) all of the above

Question 9

Privatization has solved many of the problems associated with the correctional system.

Question 10

The crime control industry has proven a stabilizing effect for many rural economies.

Question 11

Wealth in American society has become a _______ inseparable from power.

A) social category
B) social movement
C) social statement
D) both a and c

Question 12

Contemporary capitalism is different from previous capitalism because it has become ________ in the global society.

A) a means for gathering more wealth
B) a means for distributing corporate power
C) an impetus for change
D) both b and a

Question 13

The public's fear of crime is disproportionate to the reality of crime trends. Short

Question 14

Current response to crime in American society is characterized as adhering to technocratic approach.

Question 15

The criminal justice industrial complex includes _________.

A) law enforcement
B) the correctional system
C) the court system
D) all of the above
E) both b and c

Question 16

The "criminal justice industrial complex" is a part of the social industrial complex referred to by Quinney.

Question 17

Economic freedom refers to a corporations ability to __________.

A) invest
B) maximize profits
C) foment democratic movements in other countries
D) marginalize government assistance
E) both a and b

Question 18

A crucial difference between capitalist systems and other economic systems is _________.

A) caste system
B) class distinctions
C) the drive for profits
D) economic stability

Question 19

Crime control is necessary or else the cost of crime would bankrupt American society.

Question 20

The crime control industry controls dangerous classes through the invention of __________.

A) government programs
B) certain crimes
C) service industry jobs
D) none of the above

Question 21

What are the three main components of the criminal justice complex?

Question 22

What is the new "iron triangle" and what is its relationship to the criminal justice industrial complex?

Question 23

What is the "military industrial complex" and what has replaced it in the last twenty years? Why did this happen?

Question 24

How does the decision to employ technocratic solutions to the "crime" exacerbate the problem?

Question 25

What contributes to the contradiction between the public's fear of crime and the reality of crime?