Criminal Justice Final Exam

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[OOC: Sorry for the delay. Today has been wacky. Standard procedure, though. Get it done by the weekend if possible, Tuesday at the latest. Class Info Link.]

*The Tick is at his desk. In front of him are the exams. Lockheed is on his normal shelf and is waving what appears to be the answer key. More than likely, he's just being a bit of a jerk.*

"Well, class, it's been an interesting semester. My goal was to make this class a Treasure Map of Knowledge. I've tried to give you a Path to Learning Something, but hopefully I also managed to encourage you to use your own Metal Detectors of Pondering so you could find your own path to your own treasure."

"I hope that you will all walk away from here today rich with Gold Doubloons of Understanding. And I also hope that all of you will join me next semester in Advanced Criminal Justice, where we'll be dealing with more advanced maps, more advanced treasure, and more advanced metaphors."

"I will be here during class time next week if you would like to stop by and talk, or even just study for your other exams in a different place than usual. Your semester grades should be posted in this room some time next week as well."

Tick passed out the tests and sat back down as he said, "Good luck on your exams!"

1) Summarize what you learned about forgiveness and its place in the judicial/penal system.

2) Explain how a being who survives repeated murder attempts could be considered a worse criminal than the attempted murderer.

3) While we all love Justice, like with every spoon we sometimes spill some of the soup. So is it best to sometimes let a guilty carrot escape or is it better to get spill free spoons where an innocent piece of leek gets eaten?

4) Give a detailed understanding of the idea of redemption, and what society can do to ensure that Justice is served in the cases of reformed/reforming criminals.

5) List three things you learned about Justice from that book that we don't know the name of or exactly what it's about or who the author is.

6) ESSAY: Create a metaphor involving Justice and ducklings. Keep it between 25-75 words.

Extra Credit -

A) Make up a sentence that has to do with Justice using only words beginning with the letters of your name. Only one word per letter in your name, and each letter can only be used once. They can be arranged in any order as long as they form a complete sentence. (For example, the words in a sentence for Rory could be arranged "Y R G M R L R I O E.") Bonus points if you only use your first name.

B) After taking this class for this long, you should know how to summarize your feelings about Justice and how you feel about those who try to evade it in a brief word or phrase. Go ahead. Give your battlecry!

Comments

Re: Exams

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1) Forgiveness definitely has its place in the judicial/penal system because everybody makes mistakes sometimes. Particularly if the crime is minor say, just against property and not of a permanently-damaging variety you can always give it back!, and the criminal is repentant or faking it really well, forgiveness should always be considered an alternative to or a mediating factor in punishment.

2) Well, if the survivor doesn't turn in their attacker, then they are leaving the rest of The Fandom the local population at risk. Even though they may keep surviving, their neighbors may not be so lucky if they are not warned and the malefactor stopped.

3) It is definitely better to let the occassional guily carrot escape, because locking up an innocent is just wrong, so if there is any doubt, it should be given to the "criminal". If they really are doing evil things, the Spoon of Justice will catch them sooner or later!

4) Redemption requires recognizing the wrongness of your past actions, feeling remorse, resolving to change, and endevoring to make amends. While it may take some time for The Sharp Eye of Justice to stop pinning the evildoer to the Wall of Suspicion, eventually -- given enough sincere effort -- it should be possible for The Eye to look upon someone with a more Friendly Gaze of Acceptance, and possibly even the Shut-Eye of Trust.

5) From that book that we don't know the name of I learned that Justice is one thing the author would clearly have covered and another thing the author could hardly have left out. In addition, the author was very adamant about a very, very important topic that covered three whole chapters.

6) Ducklings are the Subjects of Justice. Most live peacefully in the Pond of Good Behavior. But occassionally one will develop The Scary-Ass Teeth of Evil and begin to attack the Passers-by of Morality, or even Create a duckling Army of Lawlessness that attempts to take over the Town of Peaceable Living.

Extra Credit -

A) Law Violations Are Amoral.

B) STOP THAT! NOW!!!!