The Sumners Ashurst act made it a federal offense to transport interstate commerce
goods made in prison for private use
a. True
b. False
The bluecurtainis a term used to describe:
a. police reluctance to express personal feelings with each other.
b. the police practice of shrouding the windows and doors of the briefing room when
confidential information is disseminated at roll call.
c. the secrecy and insulation from others in society that is a consequence of the police
subculture.
d. the sheet used to drape the coffins of slain police officers.
Many scholars argue that probation will continue to be the sentence of choice in both
felony and misdemeanor cases because it:
a. controls for recidivism better than other intermediate sanctions.
b. holds the promise of great financial savings.
c. best fulfills the promise of rehabilitation.
d. is justified in the ladder of punishment as a just-desert sanction based on the severity
of the criminal act.
Which legal standard of mental illness is used by present federal law?
a. “Didn’t know what he was doing or didn’t know it was wrong.”
b. “Could not control his conduct.”
c. “Lacks substantial capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct or to
control it.”
d. “Lacks capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct.”
What is the most typical emotion felt by most inmates during the early part of their
prison stay?
a. Anger
b. Depression
c. Hate
d. Defeat
The rate of HIV infection among state and federal prisoners has stabilized at around 2
percent
a. True
b. False
Cultural transmission is the process where people learn the techniques and attitudes of
crime from relationships with criminal peers
a. True
b. False
What was the name of the form of organized private police that patrolled 18thcentury
England?
a. Constables
b. Shire reeves
c. Bobbies
d. Thief takers
In early Greece and Rome, interpersonal violence was viewed as a private matter.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following is not one of the six core beliefs at the heart of the police
culture?
a. Loyalty to colleagues counts above all else.
b. The war against crime cannot be won without bending the rules.
c. No one else understands the nature of police work.
d. All of the above are core beliefs in the police culture.
Bernard Madoff, Bear Stearn, and Lehman Brothers all have committed this type of
crime
a. Globalization
b. Transnational
c. Green
d. Corporate Enterprise
After assuming their duties, new police recruits are automatically placed in the field to
practice what they have learned in the academy and no additional training is required at
that time.
a. True
b. False
Crime rates appear to be increasing around the world as they decline in the United
States.
a. True
b. False
Judge Johnson believes that that an offender who is dead cannot commit any more
crime. What is his rationale for supporting the death penalty?
a. harsh punishment is morally correct
b. the most serious punishment for the most serious crime
c. justified to reduce the crime rate
d. homicide rates increase when the death penalty isn”t used
Which of the following reasons may cause a case to be dismissed?
a. Inefficient evidence
b. Interests of justice
c. Due process problems
d. All the above
About a month ago, Laura ordered an autographed star wars poster from a memorabilia
website but she hasn”t gotten it yet despite checking with the company and inquiring
with UPS. The company says they shipped the poster. What type of crime might Laura
be a victim of?
a. phishing
b. etailing fraud
c. e-piracy
d. cyber war
Mr. Jones is angry at his private attorney. He keeps him on retainer for the very reason
of potential criminal action against him and his meth business. Mr. Jones has now been
placed with a public defender. One major difference between a public and private
attorney is what?
a. conviction rates
b. sentence lengths
c. quality of representation
d. cost
When a jury trial is waved, the judge must
a. ask the defense to use their ethics to decide whether the defendant is guilty
b. instruct the jury to leave the court room
c. decide whether the defendant is guilty using a bench trial
d. maintain court records themselves
Court decisions that limit police discretion are an example of a(n):
a. external stressor.
b. organizational stressor.
c. duty stressor.
d. individual stressor.
The greatest factor in controlling the use of unwarranted police brutality is/are?
a. Labeling officers “Meat Eaters”
b. Threat of civil judgments against police chiefs that condone violent behavior
c. Suicide by Cop
d. Threat of civil judgment against individual officers
As a result of an increase in violent behavior during the 19thCentury in America, early
Criminal Justice agencies;
a. Rarely worked together in a systematic fashion
b. Worked together to create a seamless process of arrest and punishment
c. Appointed President Lyndon Johnson to the Wickersham Commission
d. Were primarily created in Washington D.C and Virginia
A sentencing target of eight to twenty-five years in prison is an example of a
determinate sentence.
a. True
b. False
Before Abraham was born his father came to the United States for a job with Microsoft.
He remembers when he was a youth the death squads and the terror that was felt by all
where he grew up. What type of terrorism did Abraham’s father likely experience?
a. state sponsored terrorism
b. evolutionary terrorism
c. nationalist terrorism
d. political terrorism
Which of the following is a difference between juvenile and adult justice systems?
a. Discretion is used by police officers, judges, and correctional personnel.
b. The right to receive the Mirandawarning
c. Community treatment as a sentencing option
d. The constitutional right to a jury trial in all states
If you are charged with the crime of armed robbery, your trial would take place in
which type of court?
a. A court of limited jurisdiction
b. A court of general jurisdiction
c. An appellate court
d. A specialty court
Which of the following is not a problem associated with the National Crime
Victimization Survey (NCVS)?
a. Individuals may misrepresent the time line of events
b. Over-reporting because of victim’s misrepresentations of events.
c. Incomplete acts are lumped together with completed ones.
d. Underreporting stemming from the embarrassment of reporting crime.
You are Grant’s probation officer and you stop by the police station to visit an officer on
gun amnesty and buy back day. You see Grant turning in a handgun, and although he is
indeed turning it in, it is a violation of Grant’s conditions of probation to be in
possession of a firearm. What is your best course of action?
a. change Grant’s probation to a suspended sentence
b. make Grant forfeit the money he receives from the gun amnesty program
c. revoke Grant’s probation on the spot and have your friend arrest him
d. notify Grant that his probation may be revoked and his conditions may be changed
Which of the following is not a type of internet securities fraud?
a. Identity theft
b. Market manipulation
c. Fraudulent offerings of securities
d. Illegal touting
Which of the following statements is false?
a. Research shows a strong correlation between legal variables and the type and length
of sentence received.
b. There is a clear relationship between social class and sentencing.
c. Judges may perceive women as better risks than men, thus creating gender bias in
sentencing.
d. Victim characteristics may influence sentencing.
What was the most common state-administered punishment in 5th century Roman
civilization?
a. Mutilation
b. Burning at the stake
c. Banishment (exile)
d. Flogging
Which of the following best describes a recent reform of juvenile sentencing?
a. Some jurisdictions have passed mandatory or determinate incarceration sentences for
juveniles convicted of serious felonies.
b. Making a concerted effort to remove status offenders from the juvenile justice system
and restrict their entry into institutional programs
c. Effort to standardize dispositions in juvenile court
d. All of these represent recent reforms related to juvenile sentencing.
The Judge believes selling drugs is inherently destructive and dangerous and that by
punishing John, he will learn to
control his actions in the future. The Judge’s view of the criminal justice system is likely
what?
a. crime control view
b. due process view
c. interactionist view
d. consensus view
The year is 1725 and Gregory’s grandson has just been convicted of robbery. Once his
grandson serves his
sentence, what will happen to him?
a. he will be free again
b. he will be tortured to death
c. he will be transported for hard labor
d. he will be hung in the gallows
______involves analyzing and assigning cases to a level and type of supervision on the
basis of the clients’ particular needs and the potential for harm to the community.
Compare and contrast the grand jury and preliminary hearing models.
The severity of punishment is geared to the offender’s ability to pay in______
_____enforcement/policing occurs when police abuse or exploit their discretion.
______relies on a fixed term of incarceration set in law by the legislature.
The Gun Control act of 1968 and the Organized Crime control act of 1970 gave the
______importation, and criminal misuse of various commodities.
Identify and describe the distinct categories of stressors that impact police officers.
Compare and contrast the rehabilitation perspective of criminal justice to the restorative
justice perspective of criminal justice. How do these two perspectives differ and why?
Discuss three problems with the current structure of the juvenile court. Can the juvenile
court system sustain itself and dispense justice if these problems continue?
The modern era of criminal justice can be traced to a series of ______begun in the
1950’s under the American Bar Association.
Discuss the historical development of criminal law.
A_____ is the dismissal of a prospective juror for unexplained, discretionary reasons.
Describe the social, economic, personal, and demographic factors suggested by experts
to account for the recent crime drop in the United States.
_____gives the police the power to analyze detailed visuals of crime patterns.
Discuss structure and the effectiveness of residential community corrections programs.