Laura picked up her phone one evening to find that the Microsoft help desk was calling.
She had been having trouble with a slow running computer for a while but hadn”t yet
contacted Microsoft to get help for the problem. She was so pleased to hear that they
saw her IP address online and found Malware on her computer and they were calling all
of their clients to assist them in removing it. Laura had previously been a victim of a
phishing scheme so she was prepared not to give any information to the help desk just
in case they weren”t legitimate but they didn’t ask for her credit card information or
social security number. She figured they were really going to help.
The Microsoft Help desk has asked Laura to go to a website and verify her information
she they can help fix her computer. She sees all of her information on that web page and
she doesn”t have to give them any information. What type of crime has Laura become a
victim of?
a. etailing fraud
b. e-piracy
c. phishing
d. warez
One of the core beliefs at the heart of the police culture today is that it is impossible to
win the war against crime without bending the rules.
a. True
b. False
The decision to waive a juvenile to adult criminal court is mostly based on the
prosecutor and the state’s desire for
deterrence and punishment.
a. True
b. False
Where were the English forced to house large numbers of prisoners in the late
eighteenth century?
a. In the ancient Le Stinche prison
b. In the basement of Westminster Abbey
c. In abandoned coal and copper mines
d. On prison hulks and barges
Intermediate sanctions can be scaled in severity to correspond to the seriousness of the
crime.
a. True
b. False
The determinate sentence is still the most widely used type of sentence in the United
States.
a. True
b. False
The 13thcentury of policing can be described as an era where police ?
a. were night watchman, carried out investigations, executed warrants and secured
prisoners.
b. were everyone, charged with the task of protecting their neighbors and town
c. were mostly private monied police whose use of violence was notorious
d. were corrupt, unsuccessful at stopping crime and influenced by the wealthy
The first U.S. police departments were created because of the need to control mob
violence, which was common during the 19th century.
a. True
b. False
What is the least punitive alternative on the punishment ladder?
a. Forfeiture
b. Pretrial release
c. Fines
d. Restitution
What have evaluations of foot patrol programs in New Jersey and Michigan
demonstrated?
a. The crime rate went down in foot patrol beats.
b. The crime rate went up in foot patrol beats.
c. Officer job satisfaction increased.
d. Citizen attitudes toward the police improved.
Boot camps are a form of shock incarceration.
a. True
b. False
In early US policing which area of the country encouraged individual initiative and
offered rewards for the capture of felons and law breakers?
a. The rural south
b. Western territories
c. The east
d. Most areas employed this practice
The majority of inmates the U.S are ?
a. housed in maximum or super-maximum facilities
b. housed in private prisons
c. alcohol and/or drug dependant at the time of their arrest
d. first time violent offenders who will serve long sentences
In Martin Innes’ study of investigation techniques he found that police rely heavily on
that includes canvas of neighborhoods, interviews with friends/family and constructing
victim/suspect timelines to solve a crime.
a. Specific Focus
b. General coverage
c. Technology and Crime Mapping
d. PERF
What is the most commonly used formal sentence for juvenile offenders?
a. Institutionalization
b. Juvenile probation
c. Restitution
d. Residential placement
Jessica has been in trouble with the law for as long as she can remember. Her first crime
was shoplifting a candy bar from the drugstore. Since then she has moved on to more
substantial shoplifting and stealing. She is currently on probation and is paying
restitution to a victim for a previous theft. Now Jessica just been arrested for home
invasion and robbery.
As Jessica recalls her past history of stealing and theft, she realizes that her parents
weren”t around very much and she doesn’t remember regularly attending school.
Parents and school represent what aspect when discussing criminal behavior?
a. formal social control
b. informal social control
c. legal and immoral control
d. illegal and moral control
What modern concept is attributed to the 19thcentury volunteer work of John Augustus?
a. Prison
b. Parole
c. Jail
d. Probation
Zack has just pled not guilty by reason of insanity to killing his parents and his brother.
He was arrested walking down the street without any clothes on with dried blood all
over him. He has always been an introvert, and people used to call him names and say
that he was crazy. Over the past couple of years, Zack has had a lot of black-out type
situations where he doesn”t remember the days before he finds himself somewhere
unfamiliar doing something strange.
Zack has spent the better part of two years in a locked psychiatric facility awaiting trial.
He feels ill from the medicine they make him take, he doesn”t recognize the man that
they say is his attorney and now he cannot remember his full name. At this point what is
Zack’s most important legal issue at trial?
a. his forced treatment and medicine
b. mental competency
c. compulsory process
d. adequate legal representation
The rehabilitation movement of the 1960s was guided by the medical model.
a. True
b. False
In deciding whether to prosecute Mr. Jones for his meth lab, the prosecutor is concerned
about how the evidence was obtained. When discussing prosecutorial discretion, where
would his/her concern fall within?
a. legal issues
b. victim issues
c. resource issues
d. extra legal issues
Criminal justice is defined as the system of law enforcement, adjudication, and
correction that is directly involved in the apprehension, prosecution, and control of
those charged with criminal offenses.
a. True
b. False
The Knapp Commission concluded that the vast majority of police officers involved in
police corruption are meat eaters.
a. True
b. False
What common-law practice allowed judges to suspend punishment so that convicted
offenders could seek a pardon, gather new evidence, or demonstrate that they had
reformed their behavior?
a. Judicial reprieve
b. Recognizance
c. Probation
d. The wergild
This therapy assumes that most people can become conscious of their own thoughts and
behaviors and then make positive changes.
a. Cognitivebehavioraltherapy
b. Motivationalsuspicions
c. Youthfindingboundaries
d. Alloftheabove
One major issue with the Subprime Mortgage Scandal was that;
a. Banks were unaware of the lending that was occurring
b. Victims caught up in the scandal would not normally qualify for bank loans
c. Banks falsified the information for their own benefit
d. None of the above
Carding and spoofing are concepts associated with Mortgage fraud.
a. True
b. False
Most states impose qualifications, such as a high school education, on those called for
jury service.
a. True
b. False
Jill’s new cellmate is mean and angry. She seems to have had a rough life, grew up in an
abusive home and turned to
drugs to escape her situation. At one time, she even turned to prostitution to support her
drug habit and has long list
of medical issues. What is most significant about Jill’s cellmate and her situation?
a. She is not amenable to treatment because of her anger.
b. She is the typical female inmate.
c. She will be a problem for the prison management.
d. Jill is scared that she will be a victim of violence.
Vice squads target violent crime.
a. True
b. False
Crime scene investigation involves the use of complex instruments and of chemical,
physical, and microscopic examining techniques.
a. True
b. False
Bryan has been considering a career change to some form of surveillance or policing
that focuses on loss instead of crime. Where would he most likely be successful?
a. Office of Homeland Security
b. Private policing
c. U.S. Marshalls
d. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Congress enacted the prison rape reduction act in 2003 to reduce unwanted sexual
advances on inmates by correctional officers.
a. True
b. False
The most controversial issue revolving around the Court’s control of police behavior is
commonly known as the______.
_____were 16th century English laws that were used to put vagrants and abandoned
children to work.
Explain the influence of Quakers on the development of America’s prisons.
According to the criminal justice assembly line view each stage is actually
a______through which the cases flow.
The philosophy called the_____ has been in effect since 2000 and still operates today.
Discuss the premise and outcome of the 2008 case of BazeandBowlingv.Rees
Discuss one of the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, or Eighth Amendments and how it serves to
limit and control the manner in which the federal government operates the justice
system.
______entails the conditional release of a convicted offender, without a jail term, into
the community under the supervision of the court, subject to certain conditions for a
specified time.
______means removing non-criminal youths convicted on status offenses from
institutions housing delinquents.
______is illegal behavior that targets the security of computer systems and/or the data
accessed and processed by computer networks.
Compare and contrast three intermediate sanctions in terms of their structure and
effectiveness.
_____includes practices in which law enforcement roles are exploited specifically to
raise money.
Compare the trends in violent crime between the United States and one other country.