Principles of Criminal Justice Solved Exam Questions
Course Introduction
This course offers an in-depth exploration of the foundational principles, structures, and processes of the criminal justice system. Students examine key components including law enforcement, the judiciary, and corrections, gaining insight into how each functions and interrelates within the broader context of society. The course also addresses the philosophies underpinning criminal law, due process, and the rights of the accused, while discussing contemporary challenges such as policing reforms, sentencing policies, and the impact of technology on justice administration. By the end of the course, students will have a comprehensive understanding of the values, goals, and critical issues shaping the criminal justice system today.
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Essentials of Criminal Justice 10th Edition by Larry J. Siegel
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Chapter 1: Crime and Criminal Justice
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Q1) "Widening the net of justice" is of concern to you if you favor which justice perspective
A)Nonintervention
B)Due process
C)Equal justice
D)Rehabilitation
Answer: A
Q2) The Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) continues to provide grants to local and state justice agencies to fund criminal justice activities.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Noninterventionists support the placement of first-time offenders who commit minor crimes into informal community-based treatment programs.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) The first police agency was developed in 1829 in ____________________.
Answer: London
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Chapter 2: The Nature of Crime and Victimization
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Q1) The NCVS asks participants to report on the frequency and characteristics of all but which one of the following crimes
A)Assault
B)Murder
C)Rape
D)Robbery
Answer: B
Q2) Explain violent crime using one of the theories elaborated in the text. Discuss why this theoretical explanation is the most useful for understanding violent crime.
Answer: Answer will vary dramatically depending on student's chosen theory.
Q3) Young people face a much higher rate of victimization than older individuals.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) ____________________ question large groups of high school students about their participation in criminal or delinquent acts.
Answer: Self-report surveys
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Chapter 3: Criminal Law: Substance and Procedure
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Q1) Narcotics control laws, health and safety regulations, and sanitation laws are examples of what legal principle
A)Recklessness
B)Criminal negligence
C)Malice
D)Strict liability
Answer: D
Q2) Homicide, robbery, and rape are examples of which type of crime.
Answer: Felony
Q3) The primary concern of ___________ is the control and regulation of human interaction.
Answer: law
Q4) An immediate relationship must always exist between the act and the actor's intent for a crime to occur.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q5) Helping people take their own lives is referred to as ________. Answer: obitiatry
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Chapter 4: Police in Society: History and Organization
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Q1) In colonial America, the sheriff did not patrol or seek out crime.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is not a factor that distinguishes private policing from public policing
A)Private policing focuses their efforts on public and private property.
B)Private police are concerned almost solely with prevention.
C)Private policing is concerned more on loss prevention than on crime.
D)Private policing often employs private justice.
Q3) _____________ are typically set up for the purpose of sharing information and intelligence, emphasizing terrorism prevention and crime fighting with extensive use of technology.
Q4) Roughly how many metropolitan police agencies employ just one sworn officer
A)10
B)100
C)650
D)8000
Q5) Henry Fielding established the first organized police department in London. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: The Police: Role and Function
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Q1) What is Operation Ceasefire
A)A problem-oriented policing program in Boston to get guns off the street.
B)A community-oriented policing program in Chicago aimed at auto theft.
C)A crime-mapping program in Dallas designed to plot gun crimes.
D)A civilian review board initiative in New York.
Q2) When Madalyn is on patrol, she focuses on stopping motor vehicles and aggressively arresting and detaining suspects that pose potential dangers to the community. This concept is called:
A)proactive policing.
B)selective enforcement.
C)full enforcement.
D)hot spot policing.
Q3) Madalyn has always wanted to be a police officer. She cannot wait to be on the street and chasing down bad guys. In her first month on the job, she makes two arrests and there were no chases. What is the most logical reason why
A)Females are treated differently in policing.
B)Police engage in many noncrime-related activities.
C)Investigation is a key role that police officers fulfill.
D)According to the UCR, crime rates are decreasing.
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Chapter 6: Issues in Policing: Professional, Social, and Legal
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Q1) Working in a department that is located in a high crime area is an example of a peer factor of discretion.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What US Supreme Court decision set forth objective standards for questioning by police after a defendant has been taken into custody
A)Miranda v. Arizona
B)Graham v. Connor
C)Sherman v. California
D)Tennessee v. Garner
Q3) The Supreme Court has used case law to define the boundaries of the Miranda warning since its inception. Discuss recent case law that appears to have narrowed the scope of Miranda.
Q4) The ___________________ is where evidence is admissible in court if the police officers acted in good faith by first obtaining court approval for their search, even if the warrant they received was deficient or faulty.
Q5) Exercising legitimate discretion for improper reasons or using illegal means to achieve approved goals is referred to as _______.
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Chapter 7: Courts, Prosecution, and the Defense
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Q1) Courts of limited jurisdiction are most likely to handle which of the following crimes
A)Domestic violence
B)Juvenile crime
C)Shoplifting
D)Traffic violations
Q2) Approximately ____ courts across the United States have videoconferencing capability.
A)50
B)150
C)275
D)400
Q3) What does this decision mean for those people that are on either side of the gun control debate
A)Only one side will be able to have their day in court.
B)The court will be relieved of a backlog of criminal cases.
C)The majority opinion will become the landmark decision.
D)The state supreme court judges will be employed through the federal system.
Q4) The _______ is an example of court security.
Q5) Discuss the legal basis for our right to counsel.
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Chapter 8: Pretrial and Trial Procedures
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Q1) If the defendant pays a percentage of the bond, usually 10 percent, to a bonding agent who posts the full bail, this is referred to as conditional bail.
A)True
B)False
Q2) With pretrial diversion programs there was always a suspicion that they would _________________ of the justice system.
Q3) An arrestee can be given a police field citation release by the arresting officer. This is a promise to appear in court that is given at or near the actual time and location of arrest.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain three legal issues in plea bargaining.
Q5) An information is the charging document filed by the prosecution in a preliminary hearing.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The ____________________ mandated that no defendant shall be kept in pretrial detention simply because they cannot afford money bail.
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Chapter 9: Punishment and Sentencing
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Q1) According to the Innocence Project, more than 325 DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) exonerees have been released from death row after being convicted of crimes they did not commit.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Death penalty researchers do not all agree that the threat of capital punishment serves as an effective general deterrent to murder.
A)True
B)False
Q3) ____________ are a set of standards that define parameters for trial judges to follow in setting sentences.
Q4) Specific deterrence is the theory that crime rates are influenced and controlled by the threat of criminal punishment.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The development of common law in the eleventh century brought some standardization to penal practices.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Community Sentences: Probation, Intermediate
Sanctions, and Restorative Justice
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Q1) A recognizance was a historic practice that enabled convicted offenders to go unpunished if they agreed to refrain from further criminal behavior; sometimes a surety was required.
A)True
B)False
Q2) ____________________ is resentencing an offender to probation after a short prison stay.
Q3) The ____ is conducted primarily to gain information for judicial sentences.
A)intake
B)presentence investigation
C)diagnosis
D)adjudication
Q4) How has the historical development of probation influenced its modern operation
Q5) What is risk classification and is it an effective tool in the fight against repeat offending
Q6) In Minnesota v. Murphy, the court ruled that the probation officer-client relationship is confidential.
A)True
B)False
Q7) Describe the strengths and weaknesses of shock probation and split sentencing. Page 12
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Chapter 11: Corrections: History, Institutions, and Populations
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Q1) The "modern" American correctional concept has its origin under the leadership of:
A)William Penn.
B)George Washington.
C)Alexander Machonochie.
D)Cesare Beccaria.
Q2) A halfway house is an example of a(n) ____________________.
Q3) The suicide rate in county jails was approximately ____ times greater than that in the general population of the United States.
A)2
B)3
C)4
D)5
Q4) John Augustus revolutionized corrections by calling for the renovation of the prison system in 1790.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The "modern" American correctional system has its origins in New York.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Prison Life: Living in and Leaving Prison
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Q1) Gary has signed up to take the Certified Public Accounting (CPA) exam. He was sure that getting a college degree in prison would make him marketable and he would be able to get a good job upon leaving prison. He hasn't had a successful experience thus far and has just found out that he is not allowed to take the CPA exam. What is the main reason for Gary having so much trouble on the outside
A)His college degree earned in prison is not the same as a free person's college degree.
B)His family is not supportive.
C)Gary is barred from being employed in a financial field.
D)Prison locks people into the lowest rung of society.
Q2) Homosexual men are the largest target population for sexual violence and assault in the male-dominated, single-gendered institutions.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The first prison treatment programs in the United States were:
A)religious.
B)therapeutic.
C)psychological.
D)education.
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Chapter 13: Juvenile Justice in the Twenty First Century
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Q1) Discuss the shifts in US juvenile justice philosophy that began in the 1960s.
Q2) There are often three judicial hearings in the juvenile court process.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What are the major factors influencing the decision to waive a juvenile into adult court
Q4) Juveniles do not have the protection of the Miranda decision: they do not have the right to remain silent during police interrogation.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The child savers movement was made up of middle-class civic leaders who helped poor children.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The ____________________ is the proceeding in which the court decides on the most appropriate treatment for a delinquent.
Q7) The decision to waiver a juvenile to adult court occurs in a ___________.
Q8) Discuss the problem of minority overrepresentation in the juvenile justice system.
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Chapter 14: Criminal Justice in the New Millennium
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Q1) 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
Q2) Which type of cyber vandalism appears as a benign application that actually contains codes that can damage the system operations
A) Mydoom
B) Trojan horse
C) Malware
D) Chiseling
Q3) Illegal fishing is criminalized because fishermen are:
A) catching the fish before they have a chance to reproduce.
B) not paying the appropriate processing fees for the amount they catch.
C) discharging toxic materials back into the waterways after catching the fish.
D) destroying the chances for other fisherman to share in the profits.
Q4) Market manipulation is one of the three major types of Internet securities fraud that is common today.
A)True
B)False
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