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These questions are mostly from Walker, Chapters 5, 6, 7, 11 and 12, with some reference to material covered in class.  Answers should be brief, no more than two or three sentences.  If you answer this exercise in class, write your answers on the bottom and back of this sheet, adding sheets if necessary.  Number your answers from 1 to 20.  If you answer at home, type your answers into the file and submit it to WEBCT in html, txt, doc or wpd format.  In class, you may work in groups or individually.

1.  What were the key findings of the Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment?
2.  How did the Maryland Preventing Crime report recommend that additional police officers be used?
3.  Which policing strategies are most likely to be effective in reducing crime rates?
4.   What is the weakest point in the criminal justice system?
5.   How much has the Miranda rule inhibited the criminal justice system?
6.  What did Ehrlich's study of the death penalty argue?  How well accepted are his findings?
7.  How did Sellin's methods differ from Ehrlich's?
8.  Which theory is based on an assumption that criminals are rational actors?
9.  What was the effect of the crackdown on drunk driving in the United Kingdom, 1966-1970?
10.  What has been the trend in motor vehicle death rates since 1927?
11.  What has been the effect of mandatory arrest laws for domestic violence?
12.  How effectively can we predict the dangerousness of suspects during the pretrial period?
13.  What is the difference between "selective incapacitation" and "gross incapacitation".
14.  What have state comparisons shown about the relationship between imprisonment rates and crime rates?
15.  How effectively are mandatory penalties implemented?  How effective are they?
16.  What did the Martinson Report say?  What did the Maryland Preventing Crime report say about the issue raised by Martinson?
17.  What is meant by the "net-widening" problem?
18.   How does "restorative justice"  differ from "retributive justice".
19.  What is the rationale for decriminalizing many behaviors?
20.  Which behaviors are likely candidates?.