High-level appellate courts are also referred to as ________.
a. courts of last resort
b. intermediate appellate courts
c. trial courts of general jurisdiction
d. trial courts of limited jurisdiction
What was the most common form of arson reported in 2012?
a. arson of vehicles
b. arson of personal items
c. arson of computers
d. arson of structures
In its written form, the criminal law is also known as ________.
a. administrative law
b. civil law
c. substantive law
d. penal law
A(n) ________ is a formalized arrangement, usually involving a neutral hearing board,
whereby inmates have the opportunity to register complaints about the conditions of
their confinement.
a. grievance procedure
b. court hearing
c. balancing test
d. inquisition
If a juvenile’s case is going to be transferred to adult court, it must be transferred
________.
a. after the adjudicatory hearing, but before the dispositional hearing
b. before intake
c. immediately after the dispositional hearing
d. after intake, but before the adjudicatory hearing
The Federal Probation System was ________.
a. mandated by the U.S. Supreme Court in Ex Parte United States in 1916
b. adopted in 1909 from correctional practices developed by the U.S. Military Judicial
System
c. established by the executive order of President Eisenhower in 1954
d. authorized by the National Probation Act of 1925
A defendant would be entitled to counsel if she were too poor to afford an attorney in
each of the following situations, EXCEPT if ________.
a. she were charged with a misdemeanor with a maximum penalty of six months in jail
b. she were charged with a felony
c. she were charged with a capital crime
d. she were charged with a misdemeanor with a maximum penalty of a $100 fine
A formal written accusation submitted to a court by a prosecutor, alleging that a
specified person has committed a specified offense, is known as a(n) ________.
a. arraignment
b. plea
c. bail
d. information
Which of the following is NOT a cause of prison riots?
a. multiple treatment opportunities for inmates
b. dehumanizing prison conditions
c. regulation of inmate society
d. insensitive prison administration
________ profiling is known as any police action initiated on the basis of the race,
ethnicity, or national origin of a suspect rather than on the behavior of that individual or
on information that identifies the individual as being, or having been, engaged in
criminal activity.
a. Religious
b. Ethnic
c. Racial
d. Biased
Which of the following Supreme Court cases set the “free to leave” test?
a. Mapp v. Ohio
b. U.S. v. Mendenhall
c. Chimel v. California
d. Illinois v. Perkins
What type of terrorism, according to the 1996 RAND report, is distinguished by how
terrorist groups organize and by how they use high technology?
a. domestic terrorism
b. cyberterrorism
c. international terrorism
d. foreign terrorism
The National Crime Victimization Survey does NOT include information about which
crime?
a. burglary
b. robbery
c. murder
d. assault
Which stage of the criminal justice process is an adversarial process that pits the
prosecution against the defense?
a. arrest
b. investigation
c. trial
d. corrections
Which of the following is NOT a benefit of educated police officers?
a. wiser use of discretion
b. reduced sensitivity to racial issues
c. fewer citizen complaints
d. better written reports
Which of the following acts was enacted in response to the terrorist attacks on the
World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001?
a. United States Terrorism Act of 2001
b. USA PATRIOT Act of 2001
c. Armed Forces Act of 2001
d. Civil Defense Act of 2001
What is parens patriae?
a. a document filed in juvenile court alleging that a juvenile is a delinquent, a status
offender, or a dependent and asking that the court assume jurisdiction over the juvenile
or that an alleged delinquent be transferred to a criminal court for prosecution as an
adult
b. a common law principle that allows the state to assume a parental role and to take
custody of a child when he or she becomes delinquent, is abandoned, or is in need of
care that the natural parents are unable or unwilling to provide
c. a child who commits an act that is contrary to the law by virtue of the offender’s
status as a child; purchasing cigarettes, buying alcohol, and being truant are examples
of such behavior
d. an act or conduct that is declared by statute to be an offense, but only when
committed by or engaged in by a juvenile, and that can be adjudicated only by a
juvenile court
Women account for about what percentage of the country’s jail population?
a. 30%
b. 25%
c. 44%
d. 13%
In the face of strong evidence of the offender’s guilt, a juvenile court judge may
________.
a. open the courtroom to the press and public
b. sentence a juvenile to death
c. waive the juvenile’s Miranda rights
d. still decide it is not in the child’s best interest to be adjudicated delinquent
The ten years between 1970 and 1980 have been called the ________ of prison riots.
a. “historic era”
b. “death knell”
c. “explosive decade”
d. “mainstay”
Officers who have adopted the police working personality are often all of the following,
EXCEPT ________.
a. authoritarian
b. suspicious
c. secure
d. conservative
Which case established the minimization requirement for electronic surveillance?
a. U.S. v. Scott
b. Olmstead v. U.S.
c. Katz v. U.S.
d. Reno v. ACLU
Which Supreme Court ruling applied the principles developed in Weeks v. U.S. to trials
in state courts?
a. Illinois v. Gates
b. Mapp v. Ohio
c. U.S. v. Leon
d. Horton v. California
Which of the following is true of better-educated police officers?
a. Educated officers are less likely to have disciplinary problems.
b. Educated officers are less likely to leave police work.
c. Educated officers are less likely to question orders.
d. Educated officers are less likely to request reassignment within the department.
The application of an amount or frequency of force greater than that required to compel
compliance from a willing or unwilling subject is known as ________.
a. threat of force
b. unreasonable force
c. deadly force
d. excessive force
If state troopers were instructed to write a ticket for any motorist going 1 mph over the
speed limit, one could argue that this department was operating under what style of
policing?
a. watchman
b. reform
c. legalistic
d. service
When a defendant ‘stands mute” at his arraignment, he is considered to have entered a
________.
a. no-contest plea
b. not guilty plea
c. guilty plea
d. negotiated plea
What two principles are considered the Miranda triggers?
a. arrest and interrogation
b. custody and interrogation
c. stop and frisk
d. arrest and waiver
Which of the following is NOT a general condition for probations?
a. maintain employment
b. possess no firearms
c. surrender the driver’s license
d. remain within the jurisdiction of the court
The 1967 Arizona case that granted juveniles many of the due process protections
enjoyed by adults, including the right to counsel, was ________.
a. In re Gault
b. Breed v. Jones
c. In re Winship
d. Roper v. Simmons
The majority of this country’s jail inmates are ________.
a. juveniles
b. senior citizens
c. women
d. members of minority groups
The ________ is the most secure prison ever built by the federal government.
a. FCC at Allenwood, Pennsylvania
b. ADMAX at Florence, Colorado
c. California City Correctional Center
d. CCM at Washington, D.C.
Most convictions, when appealed to a higher court, will be reversed.
An indigent suspect charged with a misdemeanor for which he or she could be
sentenced to a term of imprisonment has the constitutional right to be represented by
counsel.
The IACP has developed a model drug testing policy for police managers. The policy
suggests four areas police managers could use to meet their needs of a clean
department.
List and define three of those suggestions and give your opinion on the plusses and
minuses of each suggestion.
Corpus delictiliterally means “the body of the crime.”
The justice model of imprisonment is based on the principle of just deserts.
Officers are usually required to submit an affidavit demonstrating probable cause to a
magistrate or prosecutor in order to obtain an arrest warrant.
Use of excessive force and the excessive use of force CANNOT be distinguished from
the illegal use of force.
Analyze the role of the FBI in today’s enforcing of the laws. What are the main duties
of the FBI, both in the field and in the laboratory?
All the states in America tend to use imprisonment at about the same rate.
Community policing is not well suited to the new role local police must play in
counterterrorism.
Many federal law enforcement agencies require college degrees for entry-level
positions.
Officers who are classified as meat eaters actively seek illicit moneymaking
opportunities.
A juvenile who commits a status offense has also committed a crime.
What does justice mean to you? Discuss the three types of justice and their effect on
individual rights to support your answer.
The dual goals of crime control and due process are often assumed to be opposing
goals.
A Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) found that police chiefs strongly believe
that they can contribute to terrorism prevention by utilizing community policing
networks.