Criminal Justice Administration Exam Preparation Guide
Course Introduction
Criminal Justice Administration examines the structure, processes, and management of criminal justice organizations, including law enforcement, courts, and corrections. The course explores the roles and responsibilities of administrators within the system, focusing on policy development, organizational dynamics, leadership, decision-making, and the ethical challenges faced in the field. Students will analyze contemporary issues, reform efforts, and interagency collaboration to gain a comprehensive understanding of effective management practices in the administration of justice.
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Introduction to Criminal Justice 4th Edition by Robert M. Bohm
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Chapter 1: Crime and Justice in the United States
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Q1) An<b> information</b> is used for misdemeanor or ordinance violation charges.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) In the due process model,factual guilt is enough for people to be found guilty of crimes.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) If defendants ask for something special,such as a trial,the criminal justice assembly line is:
A) enhanced.
B) taken to its full potential.
C) essentially no different.
D) slowed down.
Answer: D
Q4) An<b> arrest</b> is the seizing and detaining of a person by lawful authority.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Crime and Its Consequences
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT a problem or criticism with a legal definition of crime?
A) some behaviors are prohibited by the criminal law but, arguably, should not be
B) some behaviors are prohibited by the criminal law but the law is not routinely enforced
C) some behaviors arguably should be prohibited by the criminal law, although they are not
D) all of the choices are problems or criticisms
Answer: D
Q2) According to the National Crime Victimization Survey,in 2003 the total economic loss to victims of crime in the United States was:
A) $15 million.
B) $1.5 billion.
C) $15 billion.
D) $115 billion.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Explaining Crime
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Q1) The research of the <b>Chicago School </b>was based on a model taken from:
A) psychoanalysis.
B) ecology.
C) history.
D) sociology.
Answer: B
Q2) One objection to radical theory is that the radical definition of crime as the violation of human rights is too narrow and specific.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) From the perspective of ____,people are expected to commit crime and delinquency unless they are prevented from doing so.
A) learning theory
B) differential association theory
C) role theory
D) social control theory
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: The Rule of Law
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Q1) It was the common-plea decisions made by judges in eyre that formed the body of legal precedent that became known as the:
A) forfeiture.
B) king's peace.
C) Norman court system.
D) common law.
Q2) The right to counsel may be waived,but only if the waiver is made:
A) by the defendant's attorney.
B) knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily.
C) by the defendant and at least two witnesses known to the defendant.
D) within 14 days after charges are filed.
Q3) The Burger and Rehnquist Supreme Courts from the 1970s until the present have actively preserved the work of the Warren Court.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Define mere suspicion,reasonable suspicion,and probable cause.
Q5) A person may refuse a warrantless search except under certain conditions.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: History and Structure of American Law
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Q1) Your textbook lists Peel's Principles of Policing.Name 5 of these 12 principles.
Q2) Under the <b>tithing system</b>,groups of 10 families (or a tithing)would follow three of the principles listed below.Which one does NOT belong?
A) Agree to follow the law
B) Keep the peace in their areas
C) Select one man from each parish as chief peacekeeper
D) Bring law violators to justice
Q3) Your textbook lists four unresolved problems and issues relating to private security.Three are listed below.Which one does not belong?
A) Public policing in a private capacity
B) Diminished public responsibility
C) Qualifications and training
D) Political corruption from patronage jobs
Q4) Where is the current headquarters of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center located?
A) Quantico, Virginia
B) Glenn County, Georgia
C) Washington, DC
D) Charleston, South Carolina
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Chapter 6: Police Work
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Q1) When an entire patrol section is instructed to make numerous traffic stops and field interrogations,the practice is referred to as ____ patrol.
A) foot
B) aggressive
C) directed
D) preventive
Q2) Sometimes a police officer's role may be simply to solve problems in the course of providing service.
A)True
B)False
Q3) With DNA profiling,a unique genetic profile can be derived from ____ found at the scene of a crime or on a victim.
A) hair
B) semen
C) blood
D) all of the choices are correct
Q4) Name and define the four special characteristics that successful police work requires,as described in your textbook.
Q5) Name and define James Q.Wilson's three operational styles of policing.
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Chapter 7: Policing America: Issues and Ethics
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Q1) The ____ the complainant,the more likely a patrol officer is to use formal procedures to report and investigate a crime.
A) poorer
B) younger
C) more affluent
D) older
Q2) A crucial issue in the police executive selection process is deciding whether to allow people from outside the agency to apply.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Your textbook names three successful police recruitment programs,which are listed below.Which of the programs listed below is NOT one of these programs?
A) Public safety officer programs
B) High school tech prep programs
C) Police Cadet programs
D) Police Athletic Leagues
Q4) According to your text,a precise definition of brutality is not possible.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: The Administration of Justice
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Q1) The attempt to "correct" the personality and behavior of convicted offenders through educational,vocational,or therapeutic treatment
A)Indeterminate sentence
B)Determinate sentence
C)Flat-time sentencing
D)Mandatory sentencing
E)Presumptive sentencing
Q2) In approximately what percent of states are courts required by law to order restitution unless there are compelling or extraordinary circumstances?
A) 0
B) 33
C) 50
D) 100
Q3) Has a fixed minimum and maximum term of incarceration,rather than a set period
A)Indeterminate sentence
B)Determinate sentence
C)Flat-time sentencing
D)Mandatory sentencing
E)Presumptive sentencing
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Chapter 9: Sentencing, Appeals, and the Death Penalty
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Q1) For most offenses,a majority of defendants are sentenced either on the day of conviction or the next day.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In 1977,the Supreme Court held that rape of an adult female and kidnapping where the victim was not killed do not warrant the death penalty.
A)True B)False
Q3) Mitigating factors are circumstances that make a crime worse than usual.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The removal or restriction of the freedom of those found to have violated criminal laws
A)Indeterminate sentence
B)Determinate sentence
C)Flat-time sentencing
D)Mandatory sentencing
E)Presumptive sentencing
Q5) Name the five methods of execution currently in use in the United States.
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Chapter 10: Institutional Corrections
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Q1) As of year-end 2004,88 percent of all prisoners in the United States were state prisoners,while only 12 percent were federal prisoners.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Some institutions at this security level have a wide,open buffer zone between the outer wall or fence and the free community.
A)Supermaximum-security
B)Maximum-security
C)High/close-security
D)Medium-security
E)Minimum-security
Q3) Define supermaximum,maximum,medium,and minimum prison security levels.
Q4) In recent years,incarceration rates for females in the United States have ____ incarceration rates for males.
A) grown as fast as
B) grown slower than
C) grown faster than
D) not grown in comparison to
Q5) Some of the interrelated reasons for those problems are:
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Chapter 11: Prison Life, Inmate Rights, and Release
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Q1) What has research revealed about the increase,decrease,or stability of recidivism rates? Give one statistical example to support this.
Q2) Entering the ____ of the prison means finding in the diverse environment of the institution a niche that will accommodate the inmate's unique combination of needs.
A) sub-rosa economy
B) private culture
C) indigenous origins model
D) public domain
Q3) Which of the following is NOT commonly cited as a reason for high rates of prison violence?
A) improper management and classification practices by staff
B) high levels of crowding and competition over resources
C) the young age of most inmates in many prisons
D) all of the choices are cited
Q4) Staff brutality
A)First Amendment
B)Eighth Amendment
C)Fourteenth Amendment
Q5) Explain the four typical ways in which inmates may be released from prison.
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Chapter 12: Community Corrections
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Q1) In all states,probation administration is a local function.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Program components commonly focus on work,education,counseling,and community service
A)Intensive-Supervision Probation and Parole
B)Day Reporting Centers
C)Structured Fines, or Day Fines
D)Home Confinement/Electronic Monitoring
E)Halfway Houses
Q3) Allows an offender's whereabouts to be gauged through the use of computer technology
A)Intensive-Supervision Probation and Parole
B)Day Reporting Centers
C)Structured Fines, or Day Fines
D)Home Confinement/Electronic Monitoring
E)Halfway Houses
Q4) Define four of the five types of intermediate sanctions discussed in your textbook.
Q5) Name the five types of probation.
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Chapter 13: Juvenile Justice
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Q1) Adjudication is the juvenile court equivalent of sentencing in criminal court.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Your textbook describes three trends in juvenile processing,which are listed below.Which one does NOT belong?
A) Handling fewer cases within police departments
B) Referring more cases to criminal courts
C) Referring more youths to juvenile court
D) Handling more cases within school or church settings
Q3) Where and when was the first juvenile court established?
A) Boston, 1825
B) Philadelphia, 1841
C) Chicago, 1899
D) Detroit, 1914
Q4) Recent developments in waiver to adult court reflect a shift in many jurisdictions toward a more rehabilitative orientation toward juvenile offenders.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Understanding and Predicting the Future of Criminal Justice
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Q1) Your textbook names several types of criminal justice technology that are currently on the drawing board.Name five of them.
Q2) How do some identity-theft victims want financial institutions to do a better job of preventing and detecting identity theft?
A) improve authentication measures (for example, photos on credit cards)
B) more thorough identification procedures by employees during credit transactions
C) better monitoring of account activity and notification of irregularities
D) all of the choices are correct
Q3) Participatory justice is a form of:
A) punitive justice.
B) incapacitation.
C) restorative justice.
D) deterrence.
Q4) Due process model advocates generally agree that prosecutors and judges can predict accurately which defendants actually pose a significant threat and which do not.
A)True
B)False
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