True False The Law And Social Control Exam Prep Ch9 - Chapter Test Bank | Law & Society 4e Walsh by Anthony Walsh. DOCX document preview.
CHAPTER 9
TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS
1. Social control mechanisms were designed to make living together in a society possible.
2. Indirectly controlled individuals have stronger consciences than directly controlled individuals.
3. As a form of social control, stigma is more effective in a heterogeneous society.
4. The term specific deterrence refers to the effect of a specific punishment.
5. The conciliatory style of social control applies mostly to criminal defendants.
6. A criminal who refuses to plea bargain is usually punished more harshly for doing so if found guilty at trial.
7. The race of a victim often influences the severity of legal sanctions.
8. The death penalty was suspended by the Supreme Court in 1972 because the method of execution was considered cruel and unusual.
9. Some people argue that the death penalty actually causes more homicides.
10. The United States has a better reputation for tolerating political dissent than any other democracy.
11. The Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional only about half of the acts of Congress designed to limit the speech of political dissidents.
12. The former Soviet Union made extensive use of psychiatry as a form of social control.
13. The Hendricks decision created a special category of individuals defined as “abnormal” who may be punished indefinitely for what they might do if released.
14. Sex offenders may be held in involuntary confinement after they have completed their prison terms in many states.
15. Although the Kansas City magnet schools are tremendously expensive, they have paid off in the much improved performance of their students.
16. The therapeutic style of social control assigns blame to individuals for their actions and punishes them accordingly.
17. The death penalty is still popular with most Americans today.
18. It is permissible in the United States to execute criminals who are mentally retarded.
19. Almost all democracies in the world have banned capital punishment.
20. Psychiatry is an example of Donald Black’s compensatory style of social control.
21. The penal style is one in which a person’s unacceptable conduct is considered “sick” and in need of treatment rather than the result of willful misbehavior deserving of punishment.
22. As informal social controls grow stronger, so does increased reliance on law.
23. Specific deterrence works for the majority of offenders.
24. The contrast effect is an important consideration regarding deterrence.
25. The therapeutic style of social control is remedial.
26. Support for the death penalty waxes and wanes with crime rates.
27. Plea bargaining is criticized by both liberals and conservatives.
28. The commitment of certain types of offenders for what they might do in the future has been ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
29. Criminals who plea bargain give up all their constitutional rights.
30. The USA Patriot Act was inspired by fears of communism.
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