Study Guide: Chapter 14: Criminal Justice
1. The three branches of the criminal justice system in the U.S.
2. target hardening
3. general deterrence
4. specific deterrence
5. Studies show that police officers spend what percent of their time directly protecting society?
6. Allowing police officers discretion in who they arrest fosters racial profiling.
7. Likelihood of being convicted if one is represented by a public defender.
8. In recent years, there has been a tendency for sentencing strategies to become more restrictive.
9. aggravating circumstance
10. mitigating circumstance
11. structured sentencing
12. 1 out of _______ people in the U.S. is likely to be incarcerated in his or her lifetime.
13. Historical trend in incarceration rates in the United States since 1980
14. What percent of prisoners return to prison within three years of their release?
15. James Austin and John Irwin (hidden expenses of incarceration)
16. prisons in Finland
17. The number of states that currently have the death penalty in the U.S. (according to your textbook)
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