Exam 13: Crime and Corrections Policy

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A) lack of employment.
B) length of time in prison.
C) family members either moved on or died.
D) a lack of economic incentive to hire parolees.

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A) murder for hire
B) murder during the commission of an aggravated rape
C) murder of a child under the age of 12
D) murder of a public safety officer, fireman, or correctional employee

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A) The requirements placed on offenders are not difficult enough and can result in a lack of respect for the system.
B) The requirements placed on offenders allow for excessive interaction with fellow criminals, continuing the cycle of negative contacts.
C) The requirements placed on offenders are so difficult to comply with that offenders will likely disregard the requirements and hope to not get caught.
D) The structure of the criminal system allows for too many appeals and therefore encourages offenders to violate requirements.

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A) The number of prisoners executed in Texas has been slowly decreasing since the 1970s.
B) Texas has both the highest rate of executions and the highest rate of successful death sentence appeals in the nation.
C) Texas executes more individuals than any other state and has a statistically low rate of successfully appealed capital cases.
D) The number of executions in Texas is double the number of executions in every other state combined.

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A) 6 percent
B) 15 percent
C) 14 percent
D) 28 percent

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A) vote a "true bill."
B) usually rule "no bill."
C) vote with the prosecutor.
D) vote for a bill.

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A) aggravated assault
B) capital murder
C) aggravated kidnapping
D) aggravated sexual assault

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