CRIME PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS, ALREADY PASSED!
(COMPLETE & ACCURATE)
The considerable power that the police have to decide who is actually
arrested. - ANS ✓police discretion
The practice that assumes that nonwhite Americans are more likely to commit
crimes than white Americans. - ANS ✓racial profiling
Corrections are the sanctions used to punish criminals. Name the four
sanctions and describe what they are. - ANS ✓Retribution: punishment serves as
an act of revenge for the victim and society. Deterrence: corrections intended to
discourage the individual and society from committing future crimes.
Rehabilitation: places to reform criminals so they can return to society as law-
abiding citizens. Social Protection: this limits the freedom of the offenders, thereby
protecting society from the offender committing further acts.
Vagrancy is a crime against property. - ANS ✓f
Define recidivism and explain its role in the criminal-justice system - ANS
✓Recidivism is the term used for repeat criminal behavior. Through the use of
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