Criminal Justice Questions
Answer the following questions.
1. Bold the law that correctly defines the Son of Sam law.
a. Legislation that prohibits criminals from contacting their victims or their victims’ families
b. A law that prohibits a parent from testifying against his or her son
c. Legislated rules prohibiting criminals from profiting from their crimes through sales or publications of their stories to or through the media
d. Laws that prohibit the press from releasing details of a pending case
2. Identify two victim resources available locally and nationally. Include the organization’s name and website, and a summary of their services. NOVA they provide advocating services, compensation and rehabilitation.
Educating the staff and honoring them. (https://www.trynova.org/) National Resources for Sexual Assault Survivors and their Loved provides online, on phone, and practical consultation with the doctor.
(https://www.rainn.org/national-resources-sexual-assault-survivors-and-their-loved-ones)
3. The 8th Amendment states that excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
4. This program was conceived in 1929 by the International Association of Chiefs of Police to meet a need for reliable statistics on crime in the nation. The program is now handled by the FBI. Bold the correct answer.
a. Crime Statistics Bureau
b. Uniform Crime Reporting
c. Statistics and Crime Unit
d. The Program for Criminal Statistics
5. What term refers to problems that follow from the initial victimization, such as the loss of employment or inability to pay medical bills?
Suspected.
6. Where did victim-impact statements originate? Why were victim-impact statements granted?
Victim impact statement comes fromthe Final Report of the President's Task Force on Victims of Crime in 1992. The prescription includes the right to allow for, and give appropriate weight to, input at sentencing from victims of violent crime. Victim-impact statements granted in Witness Protection Act, was accepted by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.
7. Locate a case that involves mitigating factors. Cite the case and explain why the case had mitigating factors. Mitigation factors are pieces of evidence that are used for the reduction of the possible sentence, at the same time, they are not applicable for the death penalty cases. Tennard v. Dretke case involved mitigation factors questioning the relevance of the evidence concerning the low IQ level of the defendant and the jury’s understanding of this factor. At the same time, the low level of IQ does not enable to understand the nature of capital punishment due to the 8th Amendment (https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/2-10038.ZS.html).
8. Explain three-strikes legislation and include an example case summary. Include a reference for the case. It is the regulation that influences the term decision: if one convicted serious felonies and repeated them, he/she is supposed to receive …
