For a person to be considered to have committed a crime, some act is required to prove
the actors willingness to commit harm.
a. True
b. False
The ideas and principles that society considers important at a given time and in a given
place have no bearing on a court’s decision on what exactly constitutes due process in a
specific case.
a. True
b. False
African Americans account for almost 50 percent of Part I violent crime arrests.
a. True
b. False
are violations of existing criminal laws designed to protect people, the environment or
both
a. Denial of Service attacks
b. Habitat violations
c. Green Crime
d. Mortgage fraud schemes
Henry Huggins is a states attorney who wants to be mayor of Baltimore. He knows that
mayors before him have run and won on the “tough on crime” platform. Henry also
believes in being tough but fair and knows that he has the winning record both in the
courtroom and in politics. He feels that every person deserves a full array of
constitutional rights and preserving democratic ideals is paramount over the need to
punish the guilty.
If Henry believes in democratic ideals and careful scrutiny of decisions made in the
justice system, what perspective on justice does Henry take?
a. Non-Interventionist
b. Crime Control
c. Due Process
d. Equal Justice
In applying the rule of LexTalionis,how would the parents obtain closure for their
daughter’s murder?
a. the parents would be paid for their loss
b. the parents would be able to take over the psychiatry business
c. the parents would be able to kill Stanley for taking their daughter’s life
d. the parents would not be able to gain closure through this rule
Which of the following is false regarding opening statements?
a. The prosecutor offers the first opening statement
b. Neither attorney is permitted to make prejudicial remarks
c. Opening remarks are more effective in a bench trial than a jury trial
d. The purpose of opening remarks is to identify what will be proved by way of
evidence in the trial
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
The Pennsylvania system in corrections, was the first to take the radical step of what?:
a. Creating a specific gang intervention program
b. Creating dormitory type spaces for inmates to stay
c. Placing each inmate in a single cell
d. Placed inmates in pre-release work
Chaz is an environmentalist to the core. He believes in reducing his carbon footprint,
recycling, and being good to the
earth and its inhabitants. He is a vegetarian and doesn”t think products should be tested
on animals. Chaz even works for the Environmental Protection Agency.
Chaz has become involved with a group that protests animal testing by setting fire to
the land surrounding the testing facilities. What category of crime is Chaz involved in?
a. green crime
b. illegal logging
c. political terrorism
d. securitization
Which case forced corrections department to upgrade prison medical facilities?
a. Procunierv.Martinez
b. Nolanv.Fitzpatrick
c. Newmanv.Alabama
d. Boundsv.Smith
The philosophy of probation is that the average offender is not actually a dangerous
criminal or a menace to society.
a. True
b. False
Suicide by cop is a term that was coined by the internal review board to denote police
officers who commit employment suicide by becoming a corrupt officer and taking
bribes.
a. True
b. False
What happens when probation is revoked?
a. The probation contract is terminated and the original sentence is imposed
b. The judgment is deferred until such time as the defendant is rehabilitated
c. The suspended sentence is held in abeyance and the defendant is subject to
mandatory participation in a pretrial diversion program
d. The probation contract is extended and a prison term is imposed
When you took this teen into custody for skateboarding in a public area, he wanted to
call his mom from the squad car. The teen tells his mom that he was wrong and he was
arrested. You now have evidence that you did your job and that the teen violated the
ordinance against skateboarding. Why can”t you use this statement against him?
a. he is a minor
b. you didn’t mirandize him
c. you have a civil judgment against you
d. you were put on administrative leave
The is conducted primarily to gain information for judicial sentences.
a. intake
b. pre-sentence investigation
c. diagnosis
d. adjudication
Among the most publicized community policing concepts is that of intelligence led
policing.
a. True
b. False
An officer approaches a group of teenagers standing in a parking lot, drinking beer. She
checks them for gang symbols and calls into the station to ascertain if any of them have
active warrants. This officer typifies which officer style?
a. Crime fighter
b. Social agent
c. Law enforcer
d. Watchman
Which of the following is not a form of intermediate sanction?
a. Intensive probation supervision
b. House arrest
c. Residential community corrections
d. Sentencing circles
Diversion programs allow a defendant to enter treatment instead of trial.
a. True
b. False
What office was created in 1326 under the watch system of policing to assist the shire
reeve in controlling the county?
a. Sheriff
b. Constable
c. Bobbie
d. Justice of the peace
Sean hasn”t ever come to grips with his childhood and his feelings of abandonment and
has been seeing the prison
psychologist and is getting treatment. Why do inmates have this opportunity inside
prison?
a. the medical model
b. the Pennsylvania model
c. the Auburn model
d. We are required to treat the ill.
Justification of the use of deadly force via the “fleeing felon” rule can be traced to:
a. English Common Law.
b. the landmark Tennessee v. Garnercase.
c. the landmark Grahamv.Connercase.
d. the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) guidelines.
What was one of August Vollmer’s greatest contributions to police professionalism?
a. Instituted university training for young officers
b. Established the first formal police academy in the U.S.
c. Was the first President of the IACP
d. Created the first SWAT team
What is one commonly used method for treating drug-dependant inmates in today’s
prisons?
a. Solitary confinement
b. Therapeutic communities
c. Work furloughs
d. Milieu therapy
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
Which law enforcement agency is responsible for fugitive investigations?
a. ATF
b. FBI
c. U.S. Marshals Service
d. Secret Service
According to this justice perspective, the justice system serves as a mechanism of
caring for and treating people who cannot manage themselves. It assumes people are at
the mercy of social, economic, and interpersonal conditions.
a. Crime control
b. Rehabilitation
c. Due process
d. Equal justice
You have just been put on administrative leave for screaming at and charging toward a
teen who was skateboarding in a public area because he disobeyed your order to cease
and desist. Until you see the video of yourself on YouTube that another person secretly
recorded, you didn’t realize how angry you had become after being disrespected and
disobeyed.
You have no explanation for your behavior except that you were doing your job. You
were placed on administrative leave because:
a. you are a “meat eater”
b. you used excessive force
c. suicide by cop
d. peer factors
The Quakers pressured the state legislature to improve conditions in the prisons in
Pennsylvania.
a. True
b. False
What commission, appointed by President Herbert Hoover, made a detailed analysis of
the U.S. justice system and helped usher in the era of treatment and rehabilitation?
a. Chicago Crime Commission
b. American Bar Foundation Commission
c. Wickersham Commission
d. President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice
Sean is a methamphetamine addict, he shot and killed the owner of video store during a
robbery, and he assaulted
one of the employees of that video store so badly she will never walk again. If Judge
Johnson was going to sentence
Sean to more than 5 years in prison, what should Judge Johnson consider above all
other factors in sentencing him?
a. Sean’s violent tendencies
b. Sean’s addiction to meth
c. Sean’s motivation for robbery
d. Sean’s use of a weapon
The____ are the trial courts of the federal system.
Define forensics and discuss what forensic experts can contribute to police agencies and
investigations.
Explain the four ways states allow juveniles to be tried as adults in the criminal courts.
_____is when the offender must pay the victim or community back for damages.
Some believe a ” ______” approach will mostly affect minority youths and enmesh
them in an already unfair
system
In a_____ the prosecutor has the discretion of filing charges in either juvenile or
criminal court.
Discuss the history and development of juvenile justice. Include a discussion of the
child savers and their vision of juvenile justice.
The leading national organization, the ABA, is opposed to_____ in plea negotiations.
Describe the importance of procedural due process. List the procedural due process
rights that are guaranteed to an individual.
Using a juvenile assault as an example, compare and contrast the four major styles of
police work. Explain how these styles influence police discretion.
Discuss the shifts in U.S. juvenile justice philosophy that began in the 1960s.
Discuss the major functions that probation officers perform.
_____is a prison sentence served in a boot-camp type facility.
Forensic means_____