US juvenile courts process approximately 1.6 million delinquency cases annually.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following crimes would be placed in Level II of the criminal justice
“wedding cake”?
a. A noted celebrity is arrested for shooting her bodyguard.
b. A violent act committed by a stranger who uses a weapon.
c. An individual is arrested for public drunkenness.
d. A first-time offender assaults a friend.
In what 1976 case did the court rule unconstitutional a trial judge’s order prohibiting the
press from reporting the confessions implicating the defendant in the crime?
a. Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart
b. Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court
c. Gannett Co. v. DePasquale
d. Turner v. Murdoch
What type of jail has the correctional officer’s station located inside a secure room?
a. Linear jail
b. Indirect supervision jail
c. Direct supervision jail
d. Maximum security jail
The culture of poverty is part of which theoretical perspective?
a.Social structure theory
b.Psychological theory
c.Social process theory
d.Rational choice theory
Most female inmates are women of color with small children.
a. True
b. False
Deinstitutionalization efforts are principally focused on _____ offenses.
a. drug
b. property
c. delinquency
d. status
Which of the following is not a challenge of community-oriented policing?
a. Changing attitudes of supervisors
b. Reorienting values of the police
c. Defining community
d. All of these are challenges of community-oriented policing
A seasoned officer and his new partner are assigned to a crime, drug, and poverty
stricken neighborhood. The officer who has been on the force for a while has seen these
issues before; he knows that he has to be tough and strong and set the record straight
about who the police are, and why they are in force in that neighborhood. His partner
grew up in a neighborhood like this one and is well aware of how individuals in this
neighborhood view the police.
In explaining to a young boy why officers violate the law and no one questions it, what
factor would you most likely use?
a. Situational factors
b. Peer factors
c. Environmental factors
d. Legal factors
In the formal criminal justice process, all defendants must go through which stage to
ensure proper sentencing/punishment/dismissal/closure?
a. Arraignment
b.Criminal trial
c. Grand jury hearing
d. Bail hearing
What is the lowest level of reasonable officer response mapped out in the FLETC’s
use-of-force model?
a. Contact controls
b. Verbal commands
c. Compliance techniques
d. Defensive tactics
In the federal system, prosecutors are appointed by:
a. Congress.
b. the Senate.
c. the president.
d. the US Supreme Court.
The initial group of people chosen for jury duty are called voir dire.
a. True
b. False
The state can never order a defendant to take medication when s/he is ruled
incompetent to stand trial.
a. True
b. False
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 has been arrested for home
invasion and robbery.
Jessica was asked to participate in a rehabilitation program that is designed to provide a
more successful readjustment to society without theft and robbery. Her participation in
this program will occur during what stage of the criminal justice process?
a. Sentencing/disposition
b. Prerelease
c. Correctional treatment
d. Post release
Joquine is 16 years old and has two prior arrests on his record. He has a history of drug
abuse and has been in and out of counseling and diversion programs since he was 14.
He has a stable home life, involved parents, attends school, and seems to be well
engaged in community activities when he is not hanging out with a couple of the
neighborhood troublemaker kids.
While awaiting his adjudication, Joquine goes to school and enrolls in a counseling
program for anger management and peer influences. When will he learn his disposition?
a. When he is indicted
b. After adjudication in a separate hearing
c. After intake during the bail hearing
d. At the adjudication hearing
Which of the following is not one of the three methods used to express crime data in the
UCR?
a.Number of crimes reported to the police and arrests.
b.Data from Monitoring the Future collected every two years.
c.Year over year percentage changes in the number of crimes.
d.Crime rate per 100,000 people.
____ is the term used to describe efforts of organized groups to download and sell
copyrighted software in violation of its license.
a. Warez
b. Denial-of-service attack
c. Market manipulation
d. Cyber theft
Which view of crime suggests that criminal law is structured to reflect the preferences
and opinions of people who hold social power in a particular legal jurisdiction?
a.Moral entrepreneur
b.Conflict
c.Consensus
d.Interactionist
Medium-security prisons promote greater treatment efforts than maximum-security
prisons.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following is not an argument for the death penalty?
a. Use of discretion
b. Incapacitation
c. Deterrence
d. Proportional to the crime
In a concurrent sentence, a prisoner is serving a sentence for two or more criminal acts
one after another.
a. True
b. False
The federal government has passed legislation criminalizing staff sexual misconduct
against inmates.
a. True
b. False
The term stare decisis refers to:
a. an eye for an eye.
b. someone who is inherently evil.
c. a statute created by a legislative body.
d. the decision to stand by decided cases.
Which punishment philosophy holds that criminal sentences should be proportional to
the seriousness of the criminal act?
a. Just desert
b. General deterrence
c. Incapacitation
d. Restitution
Cyber terrorism may result in a battered economy, requiring the government to spend
more on the military and cut back on social programs and education.
a. True
b. False
Which is false regarding education and the police?
a. Educated officers are better able to communicate with the public.
b. Administrators believe that educated officers generate fewer citizen complaints.
c. Educated officers have greater disciplinary problems due to job boredom.
d. Higher educated officer have greater self-confidence and assurance.
The Prison Rape Reduction Act was established in 2003.
a. True
b. False
Thief takers were professional criminals that assisted burglars.
a. True
b. False
The death penalty is used in all states and by the federal government.
a. True
b. False
_____________ are typically set up for the purpose of sharing information and
intelligence, emphasizing terrorism prevention and crime fighting with extensive use of
technology.
A ____________________ describes the loss suffered by the victim of a crime.
Compare and contrast problem-oriented policing and community policing.
Racial profiling would be considered a(n) ____________________ decision-making
factor.
Discuss how current procedures of jury selection impact a fair trial. Can these methods
be improved?
Judges closely monitor offenders in _______ courts.
In about half the states, a ____________________ is used as an alternative to the grand
jury.
Prison sentences served simultaneously and run together are ______ sentences.
The ____________________ model is the term used to describe the role of the police
as maintainers of community order and safety.
____________________ is a prison sentence served in a boot camp type facility.
____________________ policing strategies require police agencies to identify
particular long-term community issues and to develop strategies to eliminate these
issues.
In ___________ the US Supreme Court defined the concept of attorney competence in
1984.
The ____________________ is a way of picking judges through nonpartisan elections
as a way to ensure that judges adhere to the high standards of judicial performance.
Boot camps are an example of ____________________ incarceration.
______________ is a type of cyber vandalism that occurs when a computer hacker
intrudes on another person’s Web site by inserting or substituting codes that expose
visitors to the site to misleading or provocative information
The _______ is an example of court security.
To achieve the goals of community-oriented policing, some police agencies have tried
to decentralize, which is referred to as ______ policing.