PUBLIC POLICY FINAL EXAM 2024 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+ ALREADY PASSED
War on Drugs
In the late 70s and 80s, this campaign fought the new levels of poverty, crime, & drug
addiction in the inner cities. Led to mass incarceration.
Richard Nixon
President who declared war on crime and drugs in the early 1970s initiated polices that
would lead to mass incarceration.
William Clinton
Democratic president who continued the war and drugs and passed the 1994 Crime Bill
which significantly increased funding for the war on drugs and increased incarceration
rates.
Mandatory minimums
State and federal sentencing laws that impose a minimum length of prison time an
offender is required to serve.
Mass incarceration
Extremely high rates of imprisonment, particularly males of color, due to policies
adopted as part of the War on Drugs.
1994 Crime Bill
, President Bill Clinton, provisions implemented many things, including a "three strikes"
mandatory life sentence for repeat offenders, increased funding for prisons, and an
expansion of death penalty-eligible offences.
Elitism
A theory of government and politics contending that an upper-class elite will hold most
of the power and thus have the most influence on public policy.
Pluralism
A theory of government that holds that open, multiple, and competing groups hold
power, and therefore ordinary people can impact public policy.
Interest groups
Groups of people who work together for similar interests or goal.
Lobbying
A strategy by which organized interests seek to influence the passage of legislation by
exerting direct pressure on members of the legislature.
Litigation
Filing a lawsuit; this is a way to get a policy removed, adopted, or enforced.
Juvenile Justice Reform Act (JJRA)
MD Law that prohibited charging children under 13 with a crime unless it's violent. Led
to higher rates of carjacking in 2023-2024.
Effectiveness
Whether a policy meets or fullfills the intended goals.
Acceptability
whether or not a measure has the approval of the public.
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+ ALREADY PASSED
War on Drugs
In the late 70s and 80s, this campaign fought the new levels of poverty, crime, & drug
addiction in the inner cities. Led to mass incarceration.
Richard Nixon
President who declared war on crime and drugs in the early 1970s initiated polices that
would lead to mass incarceration.
William Clinton
Democratic president who continued the war and drugs and passed the 1994 Crime Bill
which significantly increased funding for the war on drugs and increased incarceration
rates.
Mandatory minimums
State and federal sentencing laws that impose a minimum length of prison time an
offender is required to serve.
Mass incarceration
Extremely high rates of imprisonment, particularly males of color, due to policies
adopted as part of the War on Drugs.
1994 Crime Bill
, President Bill Clinton, provisions implemented many things, including a "three strikes"
mandatory life sentence for repeat offenders, increased funding for prisons, and an
expansion of death penalty-eligible offences.
Elitism
A theory of government and politics contending that an upper-class elite will hold most
of the power and thus have the most influence on public policy.
Pluralism
A theory of government that holds that open, multiple, and competing groups hold
power, and therefore ordinary people can impact public policy.
Interest groups
Groups of people who work together for similar interests or goal.
Lobbying
A strategy by which organized interests seek to influence the passage of legislation by
exerting direct pressure on members of the legislature.
Litigation
Filing a lawsuit; this is a way to get a policy removed, adopted, or enforced.
Juvenile Justice Reform Act (JJRA)
MD Law that prohibited charging children under 13 with a crime unless it's violent. Led
to higher rates of carjacking in 2023-2024.
Effectiveness
Whether a policy meets or fullfills the intended goals.
Acceptability
whether or not a measure has the approval of the public.
