Public Policy and Criminal Justice Exam Bank
Course Introduction
This course explores the intersection of public policy and the criminal justice system, examining how laws, regulations, and governmental decisions shape and respond to crime, justice, and community safety. Students will analyze the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of policies that address crime prevention, sentencing, corrections, policing, and rehabilitation. Through critical discussion and case studies, the course emphasizes the impact of social, economic, and political factors on policy-making and the broader implications for justice, equity, and civil rights within diverse communities.
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Criminal Justice in Canada 7th Edition by Colin Goff
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Chapter 1: An Overview of the Criminal Justice System in Canada
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Q1) Discuss the four elements Tyler (1990)highlights regarding the legitimacy of procedural justice.Which,if any,do you feel are attainable in Canada's criminal justice institutions?
Answer: Answers will vary.
Q2) Studies in Manitoba have found evidence of systemic discrimination among which group of people?
A)Black
B)Hispanic
C)Aboriginal
D)Asian
Answer: C
Q3) What is the first court most Canadians encounter when charged with a criminal offence?
A)provincial
B)superior
C)civil
D)family
Answer: A
Q4) Discuss the benefits and limitations to the adversarial system. Answer: Answers will vary.
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Chapter 2: Criminal Law and Criminal Justice in Canada
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Q1) With excuse defences,the criminal act is not admitted to and there is no criminal intent due to the excuse defence.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) What always overrules case law,except in conflicts over the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
A)the scope of the law
B)administrative law
C)the Constitution
D)statute law
Answer: D
Q3) Which of the following are the least serious indictable offences,for example theft under $5,000?
A)hybrid
B)general intent
C)absolute jurisdiction indictable
D)election indictable
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Control Philosophy and Criminal Justice Policy
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Q1) Detail the current dangerous offender and long-term offender provisions in the Criminal Code.What is the significance of eliminating determinate sentences in this area of legislation?
Answer: Answers may vary.
Q2) In restorative justice,the victim attempts to moralize the offender and explain the harm the behaviour in question has caused.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Sexual offences account for a large number of crimes reported annually to the police.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) The majority of victims of sexual offences report their victimization to the police.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Crime Rates, Crime Trends, and Criminal
Victimization in Canada
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Q1) There was an increase of "other" Criminal Code offences in 2014 when compared to 2013.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Compare the police-reported crime rate with the Crime Severity Index.What are the benefits of each?
Q3) Which age group gave the highest levels of satisfaction about their personal safety in the 2009 General Social Survey?
A)15-24
B)35-44
C)55-64
D)over 65
Q4) According to Leenaars and Lester,the proportion of the Canadian population between ages 15 and 24 was the most significant predictor of homicide rates.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Compare police-reported crime to victimization surveys.What are the implications of these findings?
Q6) Explain the four different categories of murder.
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Chapter 5: The Context of Policing
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Q1) Explain the meaning of "familial searching" or "kinship searching" and discuss where this procedure is currently being used.Do you think this type of processing should be used in Canada? If so,why? If not,why not?
Q2) In the professional model of policing,the police function focuses exclusively upon crime fighting.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What type of human trafficking involves individuals being moved across an international boundary?
A)national human trafficking
B)domestic human trafficking
C)international human trafficking
D)federal human trafficking
Q4) What was the percentage of women police officers in Canada in 2013?
A)15.5 percent
B)20.2 percent
C)25.7 percent
D)30.1 percent
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Chapter 6: The Practice of Policing
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Q1) From Table 6.2 in the textbook,which compares the various policing models in terms of social interaction or structural dimension,what is the model that incorporates a narrow (location and behaviour-focused)range of police activity?
A)traditional policing
B)community policing
C)problem-oriented policing
D)zero tolerance policing
Q2) Which of the following is one of the main components of the broken windows model?
A)neighbourhood disorder creates fear
B)businesses have to hire private security to reduce fear
C)social civilities lead to an increase in crime
D)low-crime neighbourhoods give out crime-promoting signals
Q3) The dominant practice of patrol policing has long been and remains today the dominant practice of policing.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Discuss the criticisms surrounding the reactive style of policing and the changes that were made due to those criticisms.
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Chapter 7: The Police and the Law
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Q1) Define custodial interrogation.What is its purpose? What are some of the issues related to confessions that have been raised about this process in our criminal justice system?
Q2) While conducting a trial,the judge addresses the jury to explain that the evidence they are about to hear is subject to special scrutiny as directed by the Supreme Court of Canada.Which warning is this scenario an example of?
A)Vetrovec warning
B)Viceroy warning
C)Vellenchuck warning
D)Vain warning
Q3) What do critics of civilian oversight committees point out to be a problem with such committees?
A)they undermine the authority of police executives
B)they upset the balance between the various criminal justice agencies
C)they are less satisfying to the complainants
D)they are less fair and thorough
Q4) Discuss a recent case in which warrantless searches in exigent circumstances were at issue.Also include in your discussion what issues the court considers concerning this topic.
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Chapter 8: Pretrial Criminal Procedure
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Q1) One of the benefits of the mixed system of legal aid is that legal aid recipients have the right to choose their own legal counsel (private or public)from a panel of lawyers providing legal aid services.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What model of prosecutor case processing provides prosecutors with little specific policy?
A)trial sufficiency
B)legal sufficiency
C)defendant rehabilitation
D)unit sufficiency
Q3) In Canada,often the lawyers will discuss plea bargains privately with a judge.
A)True
B)False
Q4) When a debate occurs at a bail hearing,it typically involves issues relating to the conditions of the release.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Timeline the history and highlight the importance of a bail hearing.
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Chapter 9: The Courts and Criminal Trial Procedure
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Q1) A judge is an officer of the government who is in charge of a court of law.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Appeal courts are also known as the courts of last resort,meaning that they are the final authority in cases under the jurisdiction.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is NOT one of the factors Tyler (2007)believes is necessary to enhance the public trust and lead to greater satisfaction and compliance with judicial decisions?
A)voice
B)fairness
C)respect
D)trust
Q4) If,during the trial,the defence presents evidence or the defendant testifies,the defence must address the jury before the prosecution does during the closing arguments.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Sentences and Dispositions
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Q1) Selective incapacitation as a punishment justifies long sentences.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Bill C-41 (the Sentencing Reform Bill)placed the greatest amount of emphasis upon deterrence compared to any other approach to sentencing.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Appeals of decisions made by sentencing circles are rare.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In which case in March 2012 did the Supreme Court revisit its decision in Gladue?
A)R.v.Ipeelee
B)R.v.Balgowle
C)R.v.Daygorra
D)R.v.Damper
Q5) Community-based sanctions emphasize the use of non-criminal alternatives to traditional punishments.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Offenders Supervised in the Community
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Q1) Which group of inmates did Howard Sapers,the Correctional Investigator,note had increased in numbers due to the government abolishing APR?
A)non-violent offenders
B)violent offenders
C)male offenders
D)female offenders
Q2) Evaluations of intensive supervision programs discovered that these programs were actually increasing criminal activity.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is NOT a goal that is considered in evaluating intermediate sanctions?
A)reducing prison populations
B)saving money
C)raising money
D)deterring crime
Q4) A conditional sentence is sometimes referred to as "house arrest."
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Corrections in Canada
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Q1) According to Sykes,a key component of inmate society is the principle of not interfering with another inmate's interests.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What is the trend shown in Figure 12.4 surrounding Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women inmate populations in 2012-13?
A)both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations have increased B)both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations have decreased C)only Aboriginal populations have decreased
D)only non-Aboriginal populations have increased
Q3) What model of corrections is based on the idea that prisoners are to be incarcerated for the purpose of deterrence and incapacitation?
A)rehabilitation
B)community
C)custodial
D)selective incapacitation
Q4) The Auburn system was built on one floor rather than in tiers.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Community Reintegration
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Q1) Which principle addresses effective correctional supervision and counselling and assumes that all offenders are different?
A)criminogenic
B)responsivity
C)risk
D)need
Q2) "Schedule offences" are in reality offences prosecuted under the Criminal Code by way of indictment.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Discuss how either gender or race is related to recidivism in Canada.
Q4) All offenders are adequately supervised in the community.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The faint hope clause is no longer available for offences committed after what date?
A)June 2010
B)December 2010
C)June 2011
D)December 2011
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