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Question 41

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What is the most common form of criminal activity?

A) Property crime
B) Public-order crime
C) Violent crime
D) White-collar crime

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Question 42

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Herbert Packer likened the idealized criminal justice system to a(n) :

A) Sports team
B) Assembly line
C) Tangled bureaucracy
D) Obstacle course

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Civil rights are the personal rights and protections guaranteed by the ____________________.

The fourth layer of the "Wedding Cake Model," which represents misdemeanors, is the closest the system comes to realizing idealized justice.

The unlawful killing of one human being by another is ________________.

Probation is the most common correctional treatment.

Public order crimes are sometimes referred to as ________________.

The United States has a dual court system; that is, we have two independent judicial systems, one on the federal level and one on the state level.

Describe the three general goals of the criminal justice system.

"Ordinary" felonies are found on which layer of the "Wedding Cake Model" of criminal justice?