Higher Education

Crime in Canadian Context, Third Edition: Chapter 8: Responding to Crime

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Question 1:

The ________ maintains that more police, stricter sentences, and harsher prison conditions are the three key ingredients for reducing crime.
a) police perspective
b) politician’s perspective
c) rational choice perspective
d) law-and-order perspective

Question 2:

The main goal of ________ policing is “the maintenance of order,” where the police target those individuals who are perceived as the most important cause of disorder.
a) zero tolerance
b) community
c) hot spot
d) racial

Question 3:

From their survey of Toronto high school youth, Wortley and Tanner (2005a) suggest that racial profiling ________.
a) does not occur in Toronto
b) does occur in Toronto
c) only occurs to Aboriginal youth
d) only occurs when youth are involved in crime

Question 4:

________ refers to the idea that society can be protected from crime through the prevention of criminal acts.
a) Deterrence
b) Vengeance
c) Indoctrination
d) Revenge

Question 5:

In Canada, those who are sentenced to a prison term of two years or more are incarcerated in ________.
a) federal facilities
b) provincial facilities
c) municipal facilities
d) regional facilities

Question 6:

Remand custody refers to ________.
a) house arrest
b) holding those who await further court appearances in custody in a correctional facility
c) putting people in custody for short periods (e.g., for 24 hours) for public intoxication
d) putting people in custody until their lawyer arrives

Question 7:

________ is not one of the three provincial police forces in Canada.
a) Royal Canadian Mounted Police
b) Ontario Provincial Police
c) Royal Newfoundland Constabulary
d) Sûreté du Québec

Question 8:

The maximum amount of time that a youth can be placed in a closed custody facility in Canada is _________.
a) six months
b) one year
c) two years
d) three years

Question 9:

In Canada, offenders who are given conditional sentences by the courts ________.
a) are placed under house arrest
b) serve time in the community, not in a prison
c) spend a maximum of four months in prison
d) are always first-time offenders

Question 10:

________ is a consensus method of dealing with crime, emphasizing remedies and restorations.
a) Restorative justice
b) Medicinal healing
c) Harm reduction
d) Spiritual justice