Quiz 4

Question 1
4 out of 4 points
In the lesson, Texas Criminal Justice System, you learned that Texas has the highest
number of individuals on death row, but has executed fewer prisoners than most states
since 1976.
Selected Answer:
False
Correct Answer:
False
Response
Feedback:
In the lesson, Texas Criminal Justice System, you learned the Texas has
the second highest number of individuals on death row and has executed
more prisoners than any other state since 1976.
Source: SME
Question 2
0 out of 4 points
Texas has a low murder rate compared to the rest of the country because __________.
Selected
Answer:
Correct
Answer:
Response
Feedback:
a.
its citizens are more likely to belong to a church than citizens of other states
d.
The premise is false. Despite the highest number of executions in the

country, Texass murder rate is about the same as the national average
Texas does not have a low murder rate compared to the rest of the country;
the premise is false. Despite the highest number of executions in the
country, Texass murder rate is about the same as the national average.
Source: Chapter 6, p. 181
Question 3
4 out of 4 points
The increase in organized crime is a spillover effect of banning strongly desired behaviors
for moral purposes.
Selected Answer:
True
Correct Answer:
True
Response
Feedback:
The increase in organized crime is a spillover effect of banning strongly

desired behaviors for moral purposes.
Question 4
0 out of 4 points
Through which amendment in the US Constitution has the Supreme

Court incorporated many rights for persons accused of crime?
Selected Answer:
b.
8 Amendment
th
Correct Answer:
d.
14th Amendment
Response
Feedback:
The Supreme Court incorporated many rights for persons accused of

crime in the 14th Amendment.
Question 5
0 out of 4 points
Which of the following is most effective at deterring crime?

Selected Answer:
c.
The desire to avoid plea bargaining

Correct Answer:
b.
The swiftness and certainty of the punishment

Response
Feedback:
The swiftness and certainty of the punishment are most effective at

deterring crime.
Question 6
4 out of 4 points
Which of the following statements is not true?

Selected
Answer:
White citizens are arrested in higher proportions than other citizens
Correct
Answer:
b.
b.
Response
Feedback:
White citizens are not arrested in higher proportions than other

citizens.
Question 7
4 out of 4 points
Which of the following does the ACLU find unacceptable?

Selected
Answer:
Correct
Answer:
a.
The ability of the government to monitor telephone conversations under

the Patriot Act
a.
The ability of the government to monitor telephone conversations under

the Patriot Act
Response
Feedback:
The ACLU finds the ability of the government to monitor telephone

conversations under the Patriot Act unacceptable.
Question 8
4 out of 4 points
What is the exclusionary rule?

Selected
Answer:
Correct
Answer:
Response
Feedback:
d.
Evidence not gathered in conformity with constitutional requirements may

be excluded from subsequent legal proceedings, including trial
d.

The exclusionary rule states that evidence not gathered in conformity with
constitutional requirements may be excluded from subsequent legal
proceedings, including trial.
Question 9
4 out of 4 points
Texas, which has the highest rate of execution of all the states, also has the lowest
homicide rate.
Selected Answer:
False
Correct Answer:
False
Response
Feedback:
Texas, which has the highest rate of execution of all the states, has a
homicide rate that is near the national average.
Question 10
0 out of 4 points
In the war on drugs, federal agents success in catching and punishing drug smugglers
has __________.
Selected Answer:
b.
led to decreased drug addiction

Correct Answer:
c.
had no positive effect on the rate of addiction

Response
Feedback:
In the war on drugs, federal agents success in catching and punishing

drug smugglers has had no positive effect on the rate of addiction.
Question 11
4 out of 4 points
The Fourth Amendment protects __________.

Selected Answer:
c.
citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures

Correct Answer:
c.

The Fourth Amendment protects citizens from unreasonable searches
and seizures.
Response
Feedback:
Question 12
0 out of 4 points
If a criminal conviction is reversed on constitutional grounds, the defendant

__________.
Selected
Answer:
b.
may not be retried, because of double jeopardy protections
Correct Answer:
d.
may be retried consistent with the new ruling

Response
Feedback:
If a criminal conviction is reversed on constitutional grounds, the

defendant may be retried consistent with the new ruling.
Question 13
0 out of 4 points
In the lesson, The Cost of Drug Policy, you explored drug policy in the United States.
Based on this lesson, which of the following is true?
Selected
Answer:
Correct
Answer:
Response
Feedback:
c.
Most U.S. drug policies focus on the demand for drugs, not reducing the
supply of drugs
a.
Over the past four decades, federal and state governments have poured
over $1 trillion into drug war spending
ased on the lesson, The Cost of Drug Policy, it is true that over the past
four decades, federal and state governments have poured over $1 trillion
into drug war spending.
Source: SME
Question 14
0 out of 4 points
The proportion of crime that is reported and recorded in the crime index has increased
because of __________.
Selected
Answer:
Correct
Answer:
Response
Feedback:
b.
improved treatment of rape victims and women police officers

d.
accuracy and completeness of crime data and because more property is

insured, requiring police reports
The proportion of crime that is reported and recorded in the crime index
has increased because of accuracy and completeness of crime data and
because more property is insured, requiring police reports.
Question 15
4 out of 4 points
In the lesson, The Innocence Project, you explored the website for the Innocence
Project organization. Based on this lesson, which of the following states has the highest
number of exonerations?
Selected Answer:
d.
Louisiana
Correct Answer:
d.
Louisiana
Response
Feedback:
Based on the lesson, The Innocence Project, Louisiana has the highest
number of exonerations of the states listed.
Source: SME
Question 16
4 out of 4 points
The best available evidence suggests that the ease of obtaining firearms __________.
Selected
Answer:
Correct
Answer:
Response
Feedback:
d.
increases the number killed in domestic quarrels and spontaneous

arguments
d.

arguments
The best available evidence suggests that the ease of obtaining firearms
arguments.
Question 17
4 out of 4 points
Street crime __________.

Selected
Answer:
b.
has the most negative impact on Americas sense of community
Correct
Answer:
b.
has the most negative impact on Americas sense of community
Response
Feedback:
"Street crime has the most negative impact on Americas sense of

community.
Question 18
4 out of 4 points
According to the text, scholars are primarily concerned with the deterrent effect of the
death penalty, while the average person is primarily concerned with __________.
Selected Answer:
b.
retribution
Correct Answer:
b.
retribution
Response
Feedback:
According to the text, scholars are primarily concerned with the deterrent
effect of the death penalty, while the average person is primarily
concerned with retribution.
Question 19
4 out of 4 points
The concept of exit points as applied to the administration of criminal justice suggests
which of the following about the effects of expanded rights of the accused?
Selected
Answer:
Correct
Answer:
Response
Feedback:
b.
Too few cases go from commission of a crime to full application of

punishment for constitutional protections to make a great difference
b.
Too few cases go from commission of a crime to full application of

punishment for constitutional protections to make a great difference
The exit points concept shows that most cases never make it to trial,
conviction, and serving a full sentence. Thus, constitutional protections
have little effect on overall crime rates.
Question 20
4 out of 4 points
Punishing criminals is slowed down by __________.

Selected
Answer:
a.
the overwhelming number of victimless crime prosecutions
Correct Answer:
a.

Response
Feedback:
Punishing criminals is slowed down by the overwhelming number of

victimless crime prosecutions.
Question 21
4 out of 4 points
Based on the unit lecture, Criminal Justice, what might be a reason that crime rates
have fallen dramatically since the 1990s?
Selected Answer:
a.
Aging of baby boomers

Correct Answer:
a.

Response
Feedback:
Based on the lecture, Criminal Justice, the aging of baby boomers may
have caused crime rates to fall since the 1990s.
Source: SME
Question 22
4 out of 4 points
The Supreme Court has affirmed that the death penalty serves two legitimate social
purposes. What are they?
Selected Answer:
a.
Deterrence and retribution

Correct Answer:
a.

Response
Feedback:
The Supreme Court has affirmed that deterrence and retribution are the
two legitimate social purposes of the death penalty.
Question 23
4 out of 4 points
Those against legalizing drugs argue that legalization would lead to __________.
Selected Answer:
c.
drugs being more available, resulting in new users

Correct Answer:
c.

Response
Feedback:
Those against legalizing drugs argue that legalization would lead to

drugs being more available, resulting in new users.
Question 24
4 out of 4 points
Public policies aimed at reducing crime try to __________.

Selected Answer:
b.
increase the cost of illegal activity to the criminal

Correct Answer:
b.

Response
Feedback:
Public policies aimed at reducing crime try to increase the cost of illegal
activity to the criminal.
Question 25
4 out of 4 points
The expansion of the defendants rights has played a very small role in delaying the
punishment for serious crimes.
Selected Answer:
True
Correct Answer:
True
The expansion of the defendants rights has played a very small role in
delaying the punishment for serious crimes.
Response
Feedback:
Question 1
4 out of 4 points
Texas, which has the highest rate of execution of all the states, also has the lowest
homicide rate.
Selected Answer:
False
Correct Answer:
False
Response
Feedback:
Texas, which has the highest rate of execution of all the states, has a
homicide rate that is near the national average.
Question 2
4 out of 4 points

Selected
Answer:
Correct
Answer:
Response
Feedback:
d.

d.

The exclusionary rule states that evidence not gathered in conformity with
constitutional requirements may be excluded from subsequent legal
proceedings, including trial.
Question 3
4 out of 4 points

Selected
Answer:
Correct
Answer:
b.

b.
Response
Feedback:
White citizens are not arrested in higher proportions than other

citizens.
Question 4
4 out of 4 points
The proportion of crime that is reported and recorded in the crime index has increased
because of __________.
Selected
Answer:
Correct
Answer:
Response
Feedback:
d.

d.

has increased because of accuracy and completeness of crime data and
because more property is insured, requiring police reports.
Question 5
4 out of 4 points
Those against legalizing drugs argue that legalization would lead to __________.
Selected Answer:
c.

Correct Answer:
c.

Response
Feedback:

drugs being more available, resulting in new users.
Question 6
4 out of 4 points
If a criminal conviction is reversed on constitutional grounds, the defendant

__________.
Selected Answer:
d.

Correct Answer:
d.

Response
Feedback:

Question 7
4 out of 4 points

Selected Answer:
b.

Correct Answer:
b.

Response
Feedback:
The swiftness and certainty of the punishment are most effective at

deterring crime.
Question 8
4 out of 4 points
Texas has a low murder rate compared to the rest of the country because __________.
Selected
Answer:
d.

Correct
Answer:
Response
Feedback:
d.

Texas does not have a low murder rate compared to the rest of the country;
the premise is false. Despite the highest number of executions in the
country, Texass murder rate is about the same as the national average.
Question 9
4 out of 4 points
According to the text, scholars are primarily concerned with the deterrent effect of the
death penalty, while the average person is primarily concerned with __________.
Selected Answer:
b.
retribution
Correct Answer:
b.
retribution
Response
Feedback:
concerned with retribution.
Question 10
0 out of 4 points
Which of the following is suggested by proponents of drug legalization as being able to

reduce the harm of drugs?
Selected Answer:
b.
Producing weaker forms of illegal drugs

Correct Answer:
a.
Decriminalizing possession of small amounts of drugs

Response
Feedback:
Decriminalizing possession of small amounts of drugs is suggested by

proponents of drug legalization as being able to reduce the harm of drugs.
Question 11
4 out of 4 points
Punishing criminals is slowed down by __________.

Selected
Answer:
Correct Answer:
a.

a.

Punishing criminals is slowed down by the overwhelming number of
victimless crime prosecutions.
Response
Feedback:
Question 12
4 out of 4 points

Selected Answer:
b.

Correct Answer:
b.

Public policies aimed at reducing crime try to increase the cost of illegal
activity to the criminal.
Response
Feedback:
Question 13
4 out of 4 points
The best available evidence suggests that the ease of obtaining firearms __________.
Selected
Answer:
Correct
Answer:
Response
Feedback:
d.

arguments
d.

arguments
arguments.
Question 14
4 out of 4 points
Which of the following is true of the criminal justice system?

Selected
Answer:
Correct
Answer:
a.
The governments measures to prevent crime do not affect people of all

races, socioeconomic statuses, and religions equally.
a.

Response
Feedback:

Question 15
4 out of 4 points

Selected Answer:
c.

Correct Answer:
c.

Response
Feedback:
The Fourth Amendment protects citizens from unreasonable searches

and seizures.
Question 16
4 out of 4 points

Selected Answer:
d.
14th Amendment
Correct Answer:
d.
14th Amendment
The Supreme Court incorporated many rights for persons accused of
crime in the 14th Amendment.
Response
Feedback:
Question 17
4 out of 4 points
In the war on drugs, federal agents success in catching and punishing drug smugglers
has __________.
Selected Answer:
c.

Correct Answer:
c.

Response
Feedback:

drug smugglers has had no positive effect on the rate of addiction.
Question 18
4 out of 4 points
In Chapter 2, we reviewed the ideological context for American public policy, noting that
the ideological spectrum includes socialists, liberals, conservatives, and communitarians.
Of these orientations, which is most likely to advocate decriminalization of marijuana?
Selected Answer:
b.
Liberals
Correct Answer:
b.
Liberals
Response Feedback: Liberals are most likely to advocate decriminalization of marijuana.
Question 19
4 out of 4 points
The Supreme Court has affirmed that the death penalty serves two legitimate social
purposes. What are they?
Selected Answer:
a.

Correct Answer:
a.

Response
Feedback:
The Supreme Court has affirmed that deterrence and retribution are the
two legitimate social purposes of the death penalty.
Question 20
4 out of 4 points
The Crime Bill of 1994 included which of the following provisions?

Selected
Answer:
Correct
Answer:
Response
Feedback:
b.
A ban on the domestic manufacture and sale of certain assault-style

weapons
b.
A ban on the domestic manufacture and sale of certain assault-style

weapons
The Crime Bill of 1994 included a ban on the domestic manufacture and
sale of certain assault-style weapons.
Question 21
4 out of 4 points
In the lesson, The Innocence Project, you explored the website for the Innocence
Project organization. Based on this lesson, which of the following states has the highest
number of exonerations?
Selected Answer:
d.
Louisiana
Correct Answer:
d.
Louisiana
Based on the lesson, The Innocence Project, Louisiana has the highest
number of exonerations of the states listed.
Source: SME
Response
Feedback:
Question 22
4 out of 4 points
The increase in organized crime is a spillover effect of banning strongly desired behaviors
for moral purposes.
Selected Answer:
True
Correct Answer:
True
Response
Feedback:

Question 23
4 out of 4 points
The expansion of the defendants rights has played a very small role in delaying the
punishment for serious crimes.
Selected Answer:
True
Correct Answer:
True
Response
Feedback:
Question 24
4 out of 4 points
In the lesson, The Cost of Drug Policy, you explored drug policy in the United States.
Based on this lesson, which of the following is true?
Selected
Answer:
Correct
Answer:
a.
a.

Response
Feedback:
ased on the lesson, The Cost of Drug Policy, it is true that over the past
four decades, federal and state governments have poured over $1 trillion
into drug war spending.
Source: SME
Question 25
4 out of 4 points
Based on the unit lecture, Criminal Justice, what might be a reason that crime rates
have fallen dramatically since the 1990s?
Selected Answer:
a.

Correct Answer:
a.

Response
Feedback:
Based on the lecture, Criminal Justice, the aging of baby boomers may
have caused crime rates to fall since the 1990s.
Source: SME
Question 1
4 out of 4 points

Selected Answer:
d.
14th Amendment
Correct Answer:
d.
14th Amendment
Response
Feedback:
The Supreme Court incorporated many rights for persons

accused of crime in the 14th Amendment.
Question 2
4 out of 4 points
In the lesson, The Cost of Drug Policy, you explored drug policy in the
United States. Based on this lesson, which of the following is true?
Selected
Answer:
a.
Over the past four decades, federal and state governments

have poured over $1 trillion into drug war spending
Correct
Answer:
a.
Over the past four decades, federal and state governments

have poured over $1 trillion into drug war spending
Response
Feedback:
ased on the lesson, The Cost of Drug Policy, it is true that over
the past four decades, federal and state governments have poured
over $1 trillion into drug war spending.
Source: SME
Question 3
4 out of 4 points
Selected Answer:
True
Correct Answer:
Response
Feedback:
True
The expansion of the defendants rights has played a very small

role in delaying the punishment for serious crimes.
Question 4
4 out of 4 points
concerned with __________.
Selected Answer:
b.
retribution
Correct Answer:
b.
retribution
Response
Feedback:
According to the text, scholars are primarily concerned with the

deterrent effect of the death penalty, while the average person is
primarily concerned with retribution.
Question 5
4 out of 4 points

Selected
Answer:
c.

Correct Answer:
c.

The Fourth Amendment protects citizens from unreasonable
searches and seizures.
Response
Feedback:
Question 6
4 out of 4 points
Which of the following is true of the criminal justice system?

Selected
Answer:
a.
The governments measures to prevent crime do not affect

people of all races, socioeconomic statuses, and religions
equally.
Correct
Answer:
a.

people of all races, socioeconomic statuses, and religions
equally.
Response
Feedback:
people of all races, socioeconomic statuses, and religions equally.

Question 7
4 out of 4 points
Texas has a low murder rate compared to the rest of the country because
__________.
Selected
Answer:
d.
The premise is false. Despite the highest number of

executions in the country, Texass murder rate is about the
same as the national average
Correct
Answer:
d.
The premise is false. Despite the highest number of

executions in the country, Texass murder rate is about the
same as the national average
Response
Feedback:
Texas does not have a low murder rate compared to the rest of the
country; the premise is false. Despite the highest number of
executions in the country, Texass murder rate is about the same as
the national average.
Question 8
4 out of 4 points

Selected Answer:
b.

Correct Answer:
b.

The swiftness and certainty of the punishment are most
effective at deterring crime.
Response
Feedback:
Question 9
4 out of 4 points
In the lesson, The Innocence Project, you explored the website for the
Innocence Project organization. Based on this lesson, which of the
following states has the highest number of exonerations?
Selected Answer:
d.
Louisiana
Correct Answer:
d.
Louisiana
Response
Feedback:
Based on the lesson, The Innocence Project, Louisiana has the

highest number of exonerations of the states listed.
Source: SME
Question 10
4 out of 4 points
Based on the unit lecture, Criminal Justice, what might be a reason that
crime rates have fallen dramatically since the 1990s?
Selected Answer:
a.

Correct Answer:
a.

Response
Feedback:
Based on the lecture, Criminal Justice, the aging of baby

boomers may have caused crime rates to fall since the 1990s.
Source: SME
Question 11
4 out of 4 points
Which of the following does the ACLU find unacceptable?

Selected
Answer:
a.
The ability of the government to monitor telephone

conversations under the Patriot Act
Correct
Answer:
a.
The ability of the government to monitor telephone

conversations under the Patriot Act
Response
Feedback:
The ACLU finds the ability of the government to monitor

telephone conversations under the Patriot Act unacceptable.
Question 12
4 out of 4 points
__________.
Selected
Answer:
d.
increases the number killed in domestic quarrels and

spontaneous arguments
Correct
Answer:
d.
increases the number killed in domestic quarrels and

spontaneous arguments
Response
Feedback:
The best available evidence suggests that the ease of obtaining

firearms increases the number killed in domestic quarrels and
spontaneous arguments.
Question 13
4 out of 4 points
The Supreme Court has affirmed that the death penalty serves two
legitimate social purposes. What are they?
Selected Answer:
a.

Correct Answer:
a.

The Supreme Court has affirmed that deterrence and retribution
are the two legitimate social purposes of the death penalty.
Response
Feedback:
Question 14
4 out of 4 points
Texas, which has the highest rate of execution of all the states, also has
the lowest homicide rate.
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
Response
Feedback:
False
False
Texas, which has the highest rate of execution of all the states,
has a homicide rate that is near the national average.
Question 15
4 out of 4 points
Street crime __________.

Selected
Answer:
b.
has the most negative impact on Americas sense of

community
Correct
Answer:
b.
has the most negative impact on Americas sense of

community
Response
Feedback:
"Street crime has the most negative impact on Americas

sense of community.
Question 16
4 out of 4 points

Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
Response
Feedback:
True
True
The increase in organized crime is a spillover effect of banning

strongly desired behaviors for moral purposes.
Question 17
4 out of 4 points
has increased because of __________.
Selected
Answer:
d.
accuracy and completeness of crime data and because more

property is insured, requiring police reports
Correct
Answer:
d.
accuracy and completeness of crime data and because more

property is insured, requiring police reports
Response
Feedback:
The proportion of crime that is reported and recorded in the crime

index has increased because of accuracy and completeness of
crime data and because more property is insured, requiring police
reports.
Question 18
4 out of 4 points
The concept of exit points as applied to the administration of criminal

justice suggests which of the following about the effects of expanded
rights of the accused?
Selected
Answer:
b.
Too few cases go from commission of a crime to full

application of punishment for constitutional protections to
make a great difference
Correct
Answer:
b.
Too few cases go from commission of a crime to full

application of punishment for constitutional protections to
make a great difference
Response
Feedback:
The exit points concept shows that most cases never make it to
trial, conviction, and serving a full sentence. Thus, constitutional
protections have little effect on overall crime rates.
Question 19
4 out of 4 points

Selected
Answer:
d.
Evidence not gathered in conformity with constitutional

requirements may be excluded from subsequent legal
proceedings, including trial
Correct
Answer:
d.
Evidence not gathered in conformity with constitutional

requirements may be excluded from subsequent legal
proceedings, including trial
Response
Feedback:
The exclusionary rule states that evidence not gathered in

conformity with constitutional requirements may be excluded from
subsequent legal proceedings, including trial.
Question 20
0 out of 4 points

defendant __________.
Selected
Answer:
b.
may not be retried, because of double jeopardy protections

Correct
Answer:
d.

Response
Feedback:

Question 21
4 out of 4 points
The Brady Law requires which of the following?

Selected Answer:
b.
A background check before buying a gun

Correct Answer:
b.
A background check before buying a gun

The Brady Law requires a background check before buying a
gun.
Response
Feedback:
Question 22
4 out of 4 points

drug smugglers has __________.
Selected Answer:
c.

Correct Answer:
c.

Response
Feedback:
In the war on drugs, federal agents success in catching and

punishing drug smugglers has had no positive effect on the rate
of addiction.
Question 23
4 out of 4 points

Selected
Answer:
b.
White citizens are arrested in higher proportions than other

citizens
Correct
Answer:
b.
White citizens are arrested in higher proportions than other

citizens
Response
Feedback:
White citizens are not arrested in higher proportions than

other citizens.
Question 24
4 out of 4 points

__________.
Selected
Answer:
c.

Correct Answer:
c.

Response
Those against legalizing drugs argue that legalization would lead
Feedback:
to drugs being more available, resulting in new users.

Question 25
4 out of 4 points

Selected
Answer:
b.

Correct Answer:
b.

Response
Feedback:
Public policies aimed at reducing crime try to increase the cost

of illegal activity to the criminal.

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Question 1

The premise is false. Despite the highest number of executions in the

The increase in organized crime is a spillover effect of banning strongly

Through which amendment in the US Constitution has the Supreme

The Supreme Court incorporated many rights for persons accused of

Which of the following is most effective at deterring crime?

The desire to avoid plea bargaining

The swiftness and certainty of the punishment

The swiftness and certainty of the punishment are most effective at

Which of the following statements is not true?

White citizens are arrested in higher proportions than other citizens

White citizens are arrested in higher proportions than other citizens

White citizens are not arrested in higher proportions than other

Which of the following does the ACLU find unacceptable?

The ability of the government to monitor telephone conversations under

The ability of the government to monitor telephone conversations under

The ACLU finds the ability of the government to monitor telephone

What is the exclusionary rule?

Evidence not gathered in conformity with constitutional requirements may

Evidence not gathered in conformity with constitutional requirements may

led to decreased drug addiction

had no positive effect on the rate of addiction

In the war on drugs, federal agents success in catching and punishing

The Fourth Amendment protects __________.

citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures

citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures

If a criminal conviction is reversed on constitutional grounds, the defendant

may not be retried, because of double jeopardy protections

may be retried consistent with the new ruling

If a criminal conviction is reversed on constitutional grounds, the

improved treatment of rape victims and women police officers

accuracy and completeness of crime data and because more property is

increases the number killed in domestic quarrels and spontaneous

increases the number killed in domestic quarrels and spontaneous

Street crime __________.

has the most negative impact on Americas sense of community

has the most negative impact on Americas sense of community

"Street crime has the most negative impact on Americas sense of

Too few cases go from commission of a crime to full application of

Too few cases go from commission of a crime to full application of

Punishing criminals is slowed down by __________.

the overwhelming number of victimless crime prosecutions

the overwhelming number of victimless crime prosecutions

Punishing criminals is slowed down by the overwhelming number of

Aging of baby boomers

Aging of baby boomers

Deterrence and retribution

Deterrence and retribution

drugs being more available, resulting in new users

drugs being more available, resulting in new users

Those against legalizing drugs argue that legalization would lead to

Public policies aimed at reducing crime try to __________.

increase the cost of illegal activity to the criminal

increase the cost of illegal activity to the criminal

What is the exclusionary rule?

Evidence not gathered in conformity with constitutional requirements may

Evidence not gathered in conformity with constitutional requirements may

Which of the following statements is not true?

White citizens are arrested in higher proportions than other citizens

White citizens are arrested in higher proportions than other citizens

White citizens are not arrested in higher proportions than other

accuracy and completeness of crime data and because more property is

accuracy and completeness of crime data and because more property is