What level of home monitoring requires that offenders remain home at all times, with
exceptions being made for education, employment, counseling, or other specified
activities such as the purchase of food, or in some instances attendance at religious
ceremonies?
a. curfew
b. home detention
c. home incarceration
d. home probation
Entrapment is a justification defense in which the offender claims that he or she was
induced to commit the crime by a public official.
a. True
b. False
Crime is an overwhelmingly male activity.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following methods would NOT be appropriate according to the crime
control model?
a. Allow the police to “do their jobs” by limiting the amount of judicial oversight of law
enforcement tactics.
b. Limit the number of rights and protections enjoyed by defendants in court.
c. Assure that all defendants receive adequate counsel and are protected from
prosecutorial pressure.
d. Incarcerate criminals for lengthy time by imposing harsh sentences, including the
death penalty.
The importance of intelligence-based policing was not evident before which major
event?
a. World War I
b. World War II
c. the Vietnam War
d. 9/11 attacks
Procedural criminal law defines the acts that the government will punish.
a. True
b. False
Officers who work the prison yard usually have the least seniority, befitting the
assignment’s reputation as dangerous
and stressful.
a. True
b. False
Deviance is an objective concept; society agrees on which behaviors should be
criminalized.
a. True
b. False
The function of the court is concerned with speed and efficiency.
a. due process
b. crime control
c. rehabilitation
d. bureaucratic
All police academies are run by the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center.
a. True
b. False
Case 8-2
Ruth was arrested for burglary. If Ruth is found guilty, she can be sentenced to 5 years
in a state prison. The prosecutors are offering her a 3-year prison sentence if she pleads
guilty to the charges. Ruth is being represented by a public defender who informs Ruth
she must decide if she will take the plea bargain or decide to go to trial for the charge of
burglary.
During jury selection, Ruth’s attorney questions the potential jurors and realizes that
Ruth’s exboyfriend is one of the potential jurors. Ruth’s attorneys believe that this is a
sound, legally justifiable reason for why he is unfit to serve on the jury. What type of
challenge would this be to exclude Ruth’s exboyfriend from the jury?
a. challenge for cause
b. challenge for relationship
c. peremptory challenge
d. personal challenge
Crimes that involve strangers most often target women.
a. True
b. False
During the appeals process, the burden of proof rests with the prosecution.
a. True
b. False
During the of policing, corruption was rampant.
a. community era
b. technological era
c. political era
d. reform era
The law enforcement goal of “preserving the peace” is highly related to the goal of
“preventing crime.”
a. True
b. False
The theft of personal information is known as:
a. cyber theft.
b. cyberstalking.
c. cyber fraud.
d. identity theft.
Which landmark case resulted in a ruling that youths can be detained if they are deemed
a “risk” to the safety of the community or to their own welfare?
a. InreGault
b. InreWinship
c. Roperv.Simmons
d. Schallv.Martin
UnitedStatesv.Leonestablished the “good faith” exception to the exclusionary rule.
a. True
b. False
The two most common models of how society decides which acts are criminal are the
crime control and due process models.
a. True
b. False
Jack Katz (SeductionofCrime) stated that:
a. criminals make decisions by rationally weighing the costs against the benefits of the
crime.
b. people commit crimes because they have certain biological traits.
c. people commit crimes when they have the opportunity and there is no suitable
guardian.
d. the inherent danger of criminal activity increases the “rush” a criminal experiences on
successfully
committing a crime.
Jihadmeans holy war.
a.True
b.False
Case 7-1
Jack was arrested for the serious crime of robbery by the local police department. When
police searched Jack incident to arrest, they found a small amount of heroin and a
needle used for injecting heroin. Jack is also homeless. He has no family and no means
to support himself, except committing crime. He commits crime in order to support his
drug habit.
Which function of the court would view Jack as sick, not evil, and in need of treatment?
a. the crime control function
b. the due process function
c. the bureaucratic function
d. the rehabilitation function
Roper v. Simmons prohibited the death penalty for persons under the age of: a. 15.
b. 16.
c. 17.
d. 18.
The facts surrounding an underlying crime are referred to as:
a. causation.
b. attendant circumstances.
c. concurrence.
d. harm.
Women represent more than half of all police officers.
a. True
b. False
What is the formal decision rendered by the jury?
a. indictment
b. information
c. verdict
d. opinion
A(n) jury is one in which the jury members are so irreconcilably divided in their
opinions that they cannot reach a verdict.
a. decided
b. hung
c. sequestered
d. unanimous
The term “judgemade” law is synonymous with:
a. administrative law.
b. case law.
c. constitutional law.
d. statutory law.
UCR crime rates are expressed per 10,000 people.
a. True
b. False
An act of executive clemency that overturns a conviction and erases mention of the
crime from the person’s criminal record is referred to as:
a. a mandatory release.
b. a pardon.
c. parole.
d. probation.
What type of information must law enforcement officers provide to a judge or
magistrate to get a search warrant?
due process is the constitutional requirement that laws used in accusing and convicting
persons of crimes must be fair.
What are three justifications given for community corrections? Explore how they
provide reasoning for the use and existence of community corrections in society today.
are separate opinions in which the judges disagree with the conclusion reached by the
majority of the court and expand on their own views about the case.
Discuss the various ranks of custodial staff at most prisons.
Situations in which a number of prisoners are beyond institutional control are .
is a technique used by a white-collar criminal where a dishonest stockbroker steals
funds from a client rather than investing those funds in the stock market as promised.
Discuss police subculture and how police officers become socialized.
The federal court system consists of U.S. district courts, U.S. courts of appeals, and
A disciplinary action taken by prison officials in which all inmates are ordered to their
quarters and nonessential prison activities are suspended. This is called .
Describe the four primary stages of pretrial juvenile justice procedure.
Identify and discuss the four written sources of American criminal law.
are payable to the government whereas is a direct payment to the victim of a crime.
Under what circumstances would a judge sequester a jury?
The constitutional rights of accused persons taken into custody by law enforcement
officials, such as the right to remain silent and the right to counsel, are the .
A rule that the U.S. Supreme Court will not issue a writ of certiorari unless at least four
justices approve it is known as the _________________________.
Explain the difference between crimes that are malainseand crimes that are
malaprohibita.
Those who believe that private prisons are a philosophical concern believe that only the
has the authority to punish wrongdoers and operate prisons.
What is the plain view doctrine and what is the criteria that officers must meet to make
a warrantless seizure under this doctrine?
Case 14-2
Julie joins an online dating website. She plans on meeting men but not for the purpose
of dating them. She already has a boyfriend named James. Julie and James plan to use
the online dating website to commit various crimes against the unsuspecting men who
respond to Julie’s online profile.
Julie begins corresponding with Bart. Bart becomes very interested in Julie quickly. He
wants to meet her for dinner one evening. Julie tells Bart that she does not feel
comfortable with Bart driving to her home. She tells him that she will meet him at the
restaurant next Saturday. A few days later Julie sends Bart an e-mail and informs him
that her car broke down and she does not have the money to repair it. Bart is eager to
meet Julie for their planned dinner so he agrees to send Julie the money to fix her car.
The misrepresentation that Julie made about her car to deceive Bart is called a(n):
m. cyberfraud.
n. online retail fraud.
o. identity theft.
p. white-collar crime.