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Exam 13: Criminal Justice in the Future: Issues and Concerns

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Why might a former convicted felon have trouble finding a job?

A) Employment restrictions prevent many felons from working in specific sectors.
B) Negligent hiring laws expose employers to liability when they hire people with a criminal record.
C) Employers are less likely to call applicants with criminal records.
D) All of the above

E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

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This term refers to the increased reliance on incarceration, surveillance, and law enforcement and its relationship to the establishment of for-profit incarceration and probation/parole services, and businesses that supply goods and services to prisons and jails.

A) Prisonization
B) Recidivism
C) Prison-industrial complex
D) fascism

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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The task of the criminal justice system is to enforce the law with fairness and concern for the dignity of citizens.

The children of incarcerated parents tend to have few or inadequate role models.

One study points out that the population of the United States accounts for about five percent of the world population, but it incarcerates about _____ of the world's prison inmates.

The political mandate to get tough on crime, along with mandatory minimum sentences and three-strikes policies have resulted in a depressed rate of incarceration.

Under the USA PATRIOT Act, to intercept email and cell phone data, the federal government does not need to show this as required under the Fourth Amendment.

What effect does the high incarceration rate have on society?

Too many traffic violations can sabotage a career in law enforcement before it even begins.

Prisons and jails are a good place to learn skills that are useful in legitimate society.

Under Sections 214 and 216 of the USA PATRIOT Act, the federal government may monitor and intercept email and cell phone usage without first being required either to have a court order or to report such activities to judicial oversight.

Technology can help police departments acquire as much information as possible and to evaluate that information quickly and efficiently. However, issues related to the individual right to privacy in this constitutional amendment has raised many concerns.

In the 1970s, the United States released patients from secure mental health facilities. Which term best describes this policy?

From the 1960s to the 1990s, some legislators and criminal justice administrators advocated that a punitive incarceration policy was the best way to address this.

Which does the USA PATRIOT Act do?

FBI employees were caught using a National Security Agency database intended to _____ to spy on relatives and gather information on nearly anyone they wanted to.

Which is not part of the prison infrastructure?

The theft or taking of money or property by a person who is charged by an employer or other authority to be responsible for those assets.

In 2020, Virginia lessened and/or removed some penalties for the possession of small amounts of marijuana. Which term best describes this?

This legislation limits the government's ability to collect information that cannot be directly connected to terrorism.