In a consent search, individuals waive their constitutional rights.
a. True
b. False
In which 1994 case did the court rule that prison officials are legally liable if, knowing
that an inmate faces a serious risk of harm, they disregard that risk by failing to take
measures to avoid or reduce it?
a. Cooperv.Pate
b. Shawv.Murphy
c. Estellev.Gamble
d. Farmer v. Brennan
Underground criminal societies based on Hong Kong control secret markets, bus routes,
and are often involved in money laundering and drug trafficking
a. Asian Gangs
b. Yakuza
c. Red Dragons
d. Triads
Surveys of male officers show that (of) officers tend to view policing as a masculine
profession and do not think women can handle the physical requirements of the job.
a. Just a few
b. Many
c. Some
d. The majority
With Jessica’s new charge of home invasion and robbery, she will likely be sentenced to
prison time. What component of the system will she serve her sentence in?
a. corrections
b. institutional supervision
c. courts
d. police
According to the court, which of the following was the reason for the speedy trail
guarantee?
a. To improve the credibility of the trial
b. To avoid extensive pretrial publicity and questionable conduct of officials
c. To reduce the anxiety for the defendant awaiting trial
d. All of the above
Which of the following is a common reason for a defendant to waive the preliminary
hearing?
a. He/she has already decided to plead guilty.
b. He/she wants to speed up the criminal justice process.
c. He/she hopes to avoid the negative publicity that might result from the hearing.
d. All of these
The juvenile court labels ungovernable, habitually disobedient, and truant children to
be:
a. status offenders.
b. juvenile delinquents.
c. chancery children.
d. deprived children.
Public-private partnership initiative in the NYPD called is geared primarily toward
equipping the private sector with information and training to effectively defend against
terrorism.
a. SHIELD
b. NYPD-ONE
c. AFIS
d. COLLABORATE
Since the early 1920’s to the present, strides have been made to keep policing
professional, educated and several efforts have been made to increase the caliber of
police officers. The public has always been critical of these changes because they often
come as a response to an incident.
Sylvester joined the police force right out of high school and now has just received his
college degree and a bit of advanced training from the police. This will help him do his
job better and is all thanks to what?
a. IACP
b. LEAA
c. MPA
d. BSR
What was the most widely used device or legislation to bring prisoners’ complaints
before state and federal courts in the late 1960s?
a. The Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment
b. The dictates of the Percy Amendment
c. The National Corrections Act of 1965
d. The Federal Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. 1983
The future of structured sentencing guidelines is unclear because they may violate a
defendants 6th amendment rights.
a. True
b. False
The_____ was considered by many to be the most important law enforcement officer in
colonial America.
After formal legal codes were lost during the dark ages a legal system featuring
monetary compensation called
was developed for criminal violations.
a. Stare Decisis
b. Lex Talionis
c. Wergild
d. Friedengild
The vice squad specializes in:
a. violent crime
b. property crime
c. crimes of public morals
d. sex crime
The probation officer has little say in the planning of a probationer’s treatment program.
a. True
b. False
When police routinely use excessive force against suspects, it is considered:
a. Mooching
b. Abuse of power
c. Chiseling
d. Grappling
The Amendment to the Constitution prohibits excessive bail.
a. Sixth
b. Eighth
c. Fourteenth
d. Sixteenth
Regardless of the size of the policing organization this person has general
administrative control and sets policy for
all of the department’s operating branches
a. Democratic Appointee
b. CompStat
c. Chief of Police
d. Chief of Hot Spots
Law enforcement and the courts have traditionally been reluctant to throw corporate
executives in jail
a. True
b. False
A(n) is a charging document drawn up by a prosecutor in jurisdictions that do not use
the grand jury system.
a. warrant
b. complaint
c. indictment
d. information
John Braithwaite argues that crime control can be better achieved through a policy of:
a. restitution.
b. reintegrative shaming.
c. intensive supervision.
d. residential community corrections.
Rebecca is a 37 year old black women standing in front of Judge Johnson in absolute
disbelief that she has not received a life sentence for killing her husband while he slept.
She was in abusive marriage but just knew that the courts would lock her away from
her children forever. How can you best explain Judge Johnson’s decision?
a. Judge Johnson is also black and therefore has more sympathy.
b. Older offenders get sentenced to lesser punishments than the young.
c. Minorities are sentenced to more prison time than whites.
d. Women are more likely to be treated leniently.
The inmate population in the US has despite a decade long crime drop.
a. increased exponentially
b. stabilized
c. only decreased minimally
d. stayed the same
Medium-security prisons promote greater treatment efforts than maximum-security
prisons.
a. True
b. False
In 1914, in Weeksv.UnitedStates, the Court established the exclusionary rule.
a. True
b. False
While in prison, Bob became addicted to methamphetamine. One day Bob is visited by
a police officer who is warning the neighborhood of a spike in crime. When Bob opens
the door the officer smells something strange and pushes by Bob and into his house
where he finds Bob’s meth lab.
a. 4th amendment
b. 5th amendment
c. 6th amendment
d. 8th amendment
While in detention, Joquine makes a weapon out of a piece of his bunk bed frame and
gets into an altercation with another boy who ends up in the hospital with multiple stab
wounds. The Judge has decided that the juvenile system can no longer help Joquine.
What are his choices?
a. judicial waiver
b. direct file waiver
c. sentence him to prison
d. involuntary commitment
Entrapment is a defense against criminal culpability that is found in the Bill of Rights.
a. True
b. False
One reason for investigative ineffectiveness is that there are too many competing
interests to solve a case within the police department.
a. True
b. False
Over the years, minority officers seem to be as self assured as white officers, regardless
of feeling rates of job related stress and strain stemming from general police stressors
a. Lower
b. Higher
c. Similar
d. Non-Existent
Some pregnant women are allowed to keep their babies in prison with them.
a. True
b. False
Community policing is often exemplified by which of the following models?
a. Broken windows
b. Shattered promises
c. Urban decay
d. Urban blight