Criminology Questions
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A ________ is a very short-term (for instance, 24- to 48-hour) holding facility that is frequently located in or very near an urban police agency so that suspects can be held pending further inquiry into their cases by the police or the court.
After offenders are sentenced to the custody of the department of corrections, they are usually first taken to a ________.
An inmate's _______ level specifies the degree of precaution that needs to be taken when working with that inmate.
What is the typical response to high crime and recidivism in the U.S.?
What is a purpose of institutional confinement prior to the 1600s?
What is the process by which inmates are assigned to levels of custody and security level based on potential risk of?
When a custody officer is sick or takes vacation he or she must be replaced by another corrections officer called?
As of 2022 how many countries still had the death penalty
The detection and enforcement of large-scale corporate crime is primarily in the hands of the:
A _______ is an investment fraud that involves the payment of purported returns to existing investors from funds contributed by new investors.
__________ terrorism uses violence as a method of influence, persuasion, or intimidation to get people to accept their social, religious, or political views.
__________ terrorism uses violence to frighten those in power and their supporters and seeks to replace the existing government with a regime that holds acceptable political or religious views.
Withholding medical treatment is a violation of the ____ Amendment.
The primary purpose of a maximum-security prison is:
What type of jail has the correctional officer's station located inside a secure room?
The process of hiring out inmates to a business for a fixed annual fee is known as:
Under the _________ waiver system, the prosecutor has the discretion of filing charges for certain legislatively designated offenses in either juvenile or criminal court.
William Penn's revisions to the Pennsylvania criminal code included forbidding what kind of punishment?
Approximately _____ of all inmates will be back in prison within six years of their release.
Which of the following is not a substantive right granted inmates by the Supreme Court?