LAW/POL 259 Comparative Criminal Justice Systems Final
Review
4 Justifications for Punishment Correct Answers The classic
justifications and goals for punishment are retribution,
deterrence, rehabilitation, and incapacitation.
A classification strategy that results in natural groups is called
a(n)... Correct Answers Authentic strategy
A classified strategy that is based on only one or two aspects of
the object is called a(n)... Correct Answers Synthetic
A legal rule that exempted an individual from criminal
responsibility from 1850 to the 1970's. Correct Answers The
M'Naughten Rule
A set of practices that become regularized and assume an aura of
permanence over time. Correct Answers An Institution
A supreme court case that, much to the chagrin of law
enforcement, established the "exclusionary rule" in matters
relating to the search and seizure of evidence. Correct Answers
Mapp v. Ohio
A term, borrowed from the field of international relations, that
refers to many countries, acting in tandem, after consulting with
on another. Correct Answers Multilateral
A theory that argues that as capitalism expands across the globe
it disrupts indigenous cultures and traditional means of
,subsistence. The resultant inequalities from this create class
conflict which, in turn, drives increases in crime. Correct
Answers World Systems Theory
A theory that argues that crime differences in society can be
explained by differences in power relations between men and
women. Correct Answers Feminist Theory
A theory that argues that the conditions accompanying economic
development such as loosened family and social ties, offers an
explanation for the rise in crime. Correct Answers
Modernization Theory
A theory that argues, in line with the "broken windows" theory,
that crime goes down as courtly manners are more and more
widely adopted across all class of society. Correct Answers
Civilization Theory
Adjudicative Continuum Correct Answers When dealing with
questions of law, courts typically rely only on professional
judges. Those judges may be at the mercy of political or
religious leaders when making their decisions, but the decision
is given by the judge. For questions of fact (and even questions
of law in some jurisdictions), however, several countries provide
for input from laypeople. It is to this process we refer when
speaking of the adjudication continuum.
Administrative Detention: Due Process Implications Correct
Answers
, Age of Criminal Responsibility Correct Answers In more than
25 countries, children risk being sanctioned for criminal acts at
the age of 7, but in other countries the person could be as old as
16. Still others provide no clear indicator as to the age at which
criminal responsibility begins. Given such variation, it is
understandable that the United Nations has been frustrated in its
effort to define either a minimum age of criminal responsibility
or the
ages to which the juvenile justice standards should apply.
Ancient legal code that come to form the basis of modern
European civil law. Correct Answers Corpus Juris Civilis
At what level is local policing organized in France, Japan, and
the United States? Correct Answers France is centralized with
multiple coordinated agencies, Japan is decentralized with a
single policing agency, and the U.S. is decentralized with
multiple uncoordinated agencies.
Bureaucratic Informalism Correct Answers The greater
transparency of Japan's procedures makes it easier to identify
instances of legal informalism. Upham (1987) calls this aspect
of Japan's criminal justice system
bureaucratic informalism, and that phrase seems to be a more
accurate term for how Japan incorporates this feature of the
Eastern Asia legal tradition.
By focusing on a criminal justice system's stated organization
and structure, we are using a(n)... Correct Answers Descriptive
Approach
Review
4 Justifications for Punishment Correct Answers The classic
justifications and goals for punishment are retribution,
deterrence, rehabilitation, and incapacitation.
A classification strategy that results in natural groups is called
a(n)... Correct Answers Authentic strategy
A classified strategy that is based on only one or two aspects of
the object is called a(n)... Correct Answers Synthetic
A legal rule that exempted an individual from criminal
responsibility from 1850 to the 1970's. Correct Answers The
M'Naughten Rule
A set of practices that become regularized and assume an aura of
permanence over time. Correct Answers An Institution
A supreme court case that, much to the chagrin of law
enforcement, established the "exclusionary rule" in matters
relating to the search and seizure of evidence. Correct Answers
Mapp v. Ohio
A term, borrowed from the field of international relations, that
refers to many countries, acting in tandem, after consulting with
on another. Correct Answers Multilateral
A theory that argues that as capitalism expands across the globe
it disrupts indigenous cultures and traditional means of
,subsistence. The resultant inequalities from this create class
conflict which, in turn, drives increases in crime. Correct
Answers World Systems Theory
A theory that argues that crime differences in society can be
explained by differences in power relations between men and
women. Correct Answers Feminist Theory
A theory that argues that the conditions accompanying economic
development such as loosened family and social ties, offers an
explanation for the rise in crime. Correct Answers
Modernization Theory
A theory that argues, in line with the "broken windows" theory,
that crime goes down as courtly manners are more and more
widely adopted across all class of society. Correct Answers
Civilization Theory
Adjudicative Continuum Correct Answers When dealing with
questions of law, courts typically rely only on professional
judges. Those judges may be at the mercy of political or
religious leaders when making their decisions, but the decision
is given by the judge. For questions of fact (and even questions
of law in some jurisdictions), however, several countries provide
for input from laypeople. It is to this process we refer when
speaking of the adjudication continuum.
Administrative Detention: Due Process Implications Correct
Answers
, Age of Criminal Responsibility Correct Answers In more than
25 countries, children risk being sanctioned for criminal acts at
the age of 7, but in other countries the person could be as old as
16. Still others provide no clear indicator as to the age at which
criminal responsibility begins. Given such variation, it is
understandable that the United Nations has been frustrated in its
effort to define either a minimum age of criminal responsibility
or the
ages to which the juvenile justice standards should apply.
Ancient legal code that come to form the basis of modern
European civil law. Correct Answers Corpus Juris Civilis
At what level is local policing organized in France, Japan, and
the United States? Correct Answers France is centralized with
multiple coordinated agencies, Japan is decentralized with a
single policing agency, and the U.S. is decentralized with
multiple uncoordinated agencies.
Bureaucratic Informalism Correct Answers The greater
transparency of Japan's procedures makes it easier to identify
instances of legal informalism. Upham (1987) calls this aspect
of Japan's criminal justice system
bureaucratic informalism, and that phrase seems to be a more
accurate term for how Japan incorporates this feature of the
Eastern Asia legal tradition.
By focusing on a criminal justice system's stated organization
and structure, we are using a(n)... Correct Answers Descriptive
Approach
