front 1 A model of the criminal justice system that emphasizes efficiency, speed, and finality and the capacity to apprehend, try, convict, and dispose of a high proportion of offenders is called the... | back 1 crime control model |
front 2 Which of the following favor stricter enforcement of the law? | back 2 Conservatives |
front 3 Which of the following argue that stronger crime control measures endanger the values of due process? | back 3 Liberals |
front 4 Crimes, such as murder or assault that are traditionally "wrong in themselves" are called... | back 4 mala in se |
front 5 Crimes committed in the context of a legal business or professions are called... | back 5 occupational crime |
front 6 Offenses against morality involving a willing and private exchange of goods and services that is in strong demand, but are illegal are called... | back 6 victimless crime |
front 7 Criminal acts often termed "street crime" or "ordinary crime" that are the least profitable yet experience a vast majority of attention from the criminal justice system are called... | back 7 visible crime |
front 8 An example of a "victimless crime" is... | back 8 selling illegal narcotics |
front 9 In High Point, North Carolina the police and the community targeted… | back 9 drug dealers |
front 10 The term referring to the idea that much more crime occurs than is reported to police is called... | back 10 dark figure of crime |
front 11 All the following are functions of the police EXCEPT | back 11 Deciding criminal cases |
front 12 A statistical summary of crimes reported to the police is known as the... | back 12 UCR |
front 13 A source of crime data from surveys conducted to gather on unreported as well as reported crimes is called... | back 13 NCVS |
front 14 Which is not an explanation for the two decade drop in both violent and property crime? | back 14 Less people are going to prison |
front 15 Where does the U. S. rank in homicide rates among industrialized nations? | back 15 First |
front 16 According to the lifestyle exposure model, who is most likely to be victimized because of where they live and how they spend their leisure time? | back 16 young males |
front 17 Which of the following is factual about crime the past couple decades? | back 17 crime rates are decreasing and Americans are fearful of crime |
front 18 Which of the following is not a main principle of classical criminology? | back 18 punishment should be different for each individual person |
front 19 Which type of criminology used science to study the body, mind, and environment as root causes for the offender’s criminal behavior? | back 19 Positivist |
front 20 In relation to men, women commit... | back 20 less crime |
front 21 Which of the following theories argues the criminal law is used to control society's poor and have-nots? | back 21 social conflict |
front 22 An explanation of criminal acts that argues being a member of social groups shapes behavior through learning that behavior follows what discipline? | back 22 Sociological |
front 23 What are the three types of social process theories? | back 23 learning, control, and labeling |
front 24 Who created the theory of differential association (i.e., learning theory)? | back 24 Edwin Sutherland |
front 25 The authority for criminal justice practitioners to make decisions without reference to specific rules or facts, using instead their own judgment is referred to as... | back 25 Discretion |
front 26 The stage of the system in which the determination of whether or not a defendant is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt is called... | back 26 trial (adjudication) |
front 27 A serious crime usually carrying a penalty of death or incarceration for more than one year is called a... | back 27 Felony |
front 28 A "true bill" coming from a grand jury and charging a suspect with a specific crime is called a... | back 28 Indictment |
front 29 A beginning assumption of the social control (i.e., social bond) theory of criminality is that people are: | back 29 born “bad” |
front 30 According to the Chicago School of research led by Shaw and McKay | back 30 Criminality results from the neighborhood you grow up in |
front 31 Part of the reason that you in a college course called Introduction to Criminal Justice is because of what type of federal funding? | back 31 LEEP |
front 32 The term “federalism” refers to: | back 32 The system of government with power divided between the federal and state governments |
front 33 Who is considered to be the father of scientific criminology? | back 33 Cesare Lombroso |
front 34 Throughout the United States, the criminal justice system is characterized by... | back 34 fragmentation and a local orientation |
front 35 What type of criminological theory follows the Classical School as a policy implication (i.e, what the system should strive to do if the theory is correct)? | back 35 deterrence |
front 36 Which criminological theory is most concerned with secondary deviation (i.e. deviation occurring after the first offense is officially recorded)? | back 36 labeling |
front 37 Why should the criminal justice system not be defined as a “system”? | back 37 different entities of the system have opposing budgets and are often competitive |
front 38 An example of a political crime is... | back 38 espionage |
front 39 Which country has the largest prison population? | back 39 United States |
front 40 ______________ is a goal of the criminal justice system which involves correcting the behavior of the offender and giving him or her the skills and emotional strength that is needed to survive in society. | back 40 Rehabilitation |
front 41 Laws that govern the behavior of you and I are | back 41 substantive |
front 42 Which of the following amendments protects us from double jeopardy? | back 42 Fifth |
front 43 Which of the following amendments protects us from cruel and unusual punishment? | back 43 Eighth |
front 44 Which of the following amendments protects us from unreasonable search and seizure? | back 44 Fourth |
front 45 Which of the following amendments gives us the right to a speedy and public trial? | back 45 Sixth |
front 46 The exclusionary rule is part of the Fourth Amendment. | back 46 False |
front 47 Everyone has the right to bail once they are accused of a criminal offense. | back 47 False |
front 48 Prosecutors do not always have to demonstrate mens rea. | back 48 True |
front 49 A person can be prosecuted criminally and sued civilly for the same offense without violating double jeopardy. | back 49 True |
front 50 The standard of evidence is higher in a civil proceeding than it is in a criminal trial. | back 50 False |