Survey of Criminal Justice Exam Questions
Course Introduction
This course provides a comprehensive overview of the American criminal justice system, exploring its three main components: law enforcement, the courts, and corrections. Students will examine the historical development, structure, and function of each branch, as well as the processes involved in investigating crimes, prosecuting offenders, and administering punishment or rehabilitation. Key topics include crime measurement and classification, the rights of the accused, policing strategies, the trial process, sentencing, and issues related to juvenile justice. Emphasis is placed on understanding how these components interact and the contemporary challenges facing the criminal justice system.
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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) Cases that are not resolved through plea bargaining or by a jury trial are decided by a judge in a:
A) grand jury.
B) indictment.
C) bench trial.
D) arraignment.
Answer: C
Q2) The booking process typically involves:
A) entering the suspect's charge in the police blotter.
B) entering the suspect's name in the police blotter.
C) perhaps entering the suspect's fingerprints or photograph in the police blotter.
D) all of the choices are correct
Answer: D
Q3) To be truly guilty,a defendant must be found legally and factually guilty.
A)Crime control model
B)Due process model
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Crime and Its Consequences
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Q1) Which of the following crimes is NOT a uniform crime report Part I offense?
A) aggravated assault
B) motor vehicle theft
C) arson
D) fraud
Answer: D
Q2) 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
Q3) Persons with an income of $75,000 or more
A)More likely to be a victim of violent crime
B)Less likely to be a victim of violent crime
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Explaining Crime
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Q1) According to Merton,____ do not actively pursue the cultural goal of wealth (they are willing to settle for less),but follow the legitimate institutional means anyway.
A) rebels
B) ritualists
C) conformists
D) innovators
Answer: B
Q2) 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
Q3) What did Lombroso call a person predisposed to crime?
A) a stigmata
B) an atavist
C) a criminaloid
D) a psychopath
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: The Rule of Law
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Q1) In which of the following cases did the Supreme Court extend the 6th Amendment right to be represented by an attorney to indigent defendants facing felony charges in state courts?
A) Argersinger v. Hamlin
B) Gideon v. Wainwright
C) Chandler v. Fretag
D) Powell v. Alabama
Q2) The Fourth Amendment requires that a search warrant contain a particular description of the place to be searched and the person or things to be seized.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A person may refuse a warrantless search except under certain conditions.
A)True
B)False
Q4) 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
Q5) Name the five ideal features of good criminal laws.
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Chapter 5: History and Structure of American Law
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Q1) Among federal law enforcement agencies in 2002,the ______ employed the largest percentage of women,while the ______employed the smallest percentage of women.
A) Federal Bureau of Investigation-Federal Bureau of Prisons
B) U.S. Marshals Service-U.S. Secret Service
C) Internal Revenue Service-Drug Enforcement Agency
D) U.S. Customs Service-Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Q2) The basic concepts of American law enforcement and criminal justice originated in:
A) New England.
B) Texas.
C) New York.
D) England.
Q3) At various times in American history,local police have acted in several different roles.Three of the roles listed in your textbook are below.Which one does NOT belong?
A) Social workers
B) Firefighters
C) Public servants
D) Peacekeepers
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Chapter 6: Police Work
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Q1) A survey has revealed that law enforcement agencies have adequate training,equipment,and staff to confront present and future incidents of cybercrime.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Emphasis is on violations of law
A)Legalistic
B)Watchman
C)Service
Q3) Arrest is used only as a last resort to resolve any disturbance of the peace.
A)Legalistic
B)Watchman
C)Service
Q4) Name and define James Q.Wilson's three operational styles of policing.
Q5) In 2001,approximately ______ percent of federal prisoners and ______percent of state prisoners were incarcerated for drug offenses.
A) 10; 5
B) 55; 20
C) 20; 55
D) 5; 20
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Chapter 7: Policing America: Issues and Ethics
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Q1) In cases involving lesser felonies,misdemeanors,and petty offenses,police officers are more likely to:
A) formally report the crime.
B) informally handle the crime.
C) do nothing.
D) make a physical arrest.
Q2) _____ are officers who actively seek ways to make money illegally while on duty.
A) Meat eaters
B) Grass eaters
C) Vegans
D) Carnivores
Q3) Your text names six qualities normally evaluated in the oral interview phase of the police selection process.Name four of these qualities.
Q4) For a long time,police looked at domestic violence calls as ____ when,in fact,they should have been treated as ____.
A) criminal matters; routine service calls
B) peacekeeping activities; criminal matters
C) misdemeanors; felonies
D) assault offenses; sexual offenses
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Chapter 8: The Administration of Justice
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Q1) Presumptive sentences may be based on sentencing guidelines,which are developed by sentencing commissions comprised of:
A) private citizens, including victims.
B) legislatures.
C) both criminal justice professionals and private citizens.
D) police and court personnel.
Q2) From biblical times through the eighteenth century,____ was the dominant justification for punishment.
A) retribution
B) restoration
C) rehabilitation
D) deterrence
Q3) The practical effect of the Furman decision was that the Supreme Court voided the death penalty laws of some 35 states.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Define truth-in-sentencing laws.What offenders do these laws target?
Q5) Name four of the reasons given in your textbook that explain why the death penalty in the United States is a waning institution.
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Chapter 9: Sentencing, Appeals, and the Death Penalty
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Q1) Which of the following factors accounts for the American public's increased concern about the death penalty's administration?
A) revelations about the quality of justice in capital murder trials
B) the overturning of several convictions as a result of DNA tests
C) the moratorium on executions in Illinois and elsewhere
D) all of the choices are correct
Q2) Truth-in-sentencing laws require offenders to serve a substantial portion of their prison sentence,usually ____ of it.
A) 100 percent
B) 51 percent
C) 85 percent
D) 65 percent
Q3) Name the five major rationales or justifications that have been given for punishments imposed by the criminal courts.
Q4) Defendants are entitled to present new evidence or testimony on appeal if that evidence or testimony could have been (but was not)presented at trial.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Institutional Corrections
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Q1) Prisons at this security level utilize total isolation of inmates and constant lockdowns.
A)Supermaximum-security
B)Maximum-security
C)High/close-security
D)Medium-security
E)Minimum-security
Q2) 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
Q3) The majority of federal inmates are serving time for drug offenses.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Most prisons permit <b>conjugal visits</b>.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Some states do not pay inmates for their work.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Prison Life, Inmate Rights, and Release
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Q1) Researchers have identified four general ways in which correctional officers respond to their jobs.Three are listed below.Which is NOT one of the four general ways discussed in your text?
A) Some officers become overly authoritarian and confrontational.
B) Some officers adopt a human-services orientation toward their work.
C) Some officers become alienated, cynical, and withdrawn.
D) Some officers become excessively gossipy and talkative, and attempt to pry into the personal lives of inmates.
Q2) A ____is an institutional setting in which people are cut off from the wider society and are expected to live according to institutional rules and procedures.
A) medium-security prison
B) jail
C) furlough programs
D) total institution
Q3) In the modern prison,it is impossible to rely exclusively on force to gain compliance if mass inmate rebellion is to be avoided.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Community Corrections
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Q1) Provides offenders with a temporary period of highly structured and supportive living so that they will be better prepared to function independently in the community upon discharge
A)Intensive-Supervision Probation and Parole
B)Day Reporting Centers
C)Structured Fines, or Day Fines
D)Home Confinement/Electronic Monitoring
E)Halfway Houses
Q2) Which of the following is used with people leaving prison?
A) Probation
B) Probation revocation
C) Bail
D) Parole
Q3) 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
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Chapter 13: Juvenile Justice
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Q1) For which of the following types of blended sentences may a juvenile court impose a juvenile correctional sanction that remains in force after the offender is beyond the age of the court's extended jurisdiction,at which point the offender may be transferred to the adult correctional system?
A) juvenile-exclusive blend
B) juvenile-inclusive blend
C) juvenile-contiguous blend
D) criminal-inclusive blend
Q2) In People v.Turner (1870),the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that because placement in the house of refuge actually was punishment,due-process protections were necessary.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Adjudication is the juvenile court equivalent of sentencing in criminal court.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The formality of the juvenile court may explain why most youths contest the charges against them.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Understanding and Predicting the Future of Criminal Justice
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Q1) If the due process model dominates the administration of justice in the future,there will probably be no limitations on:
A) grand juries.
B) preventive detention.
C) plea bargaining.
D) the right to appeal.
Q2) Juvenile courts are currently:
A) increasingly replacing paternalistic, treatment-oriented correctional strategies with more punitive ones.
B) adopting more adversarial procedures.
C) providing juvenile offenders with a greater number of procedural rights.
D) all of the choices are correct.
Q3) _____ is a dispute resolution process that brings disputants together with a third party who is trained in the art of helping people resolve disputes.The agreed-upon resolution is formalized into a binding consent agreement.
A) Mediation
B) Restitution
C) Arbitration
D) Litigation
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