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Like the family, school, organized religion, the media, and the law, criminal justice is a(n)
A) informed method of social control
B) private response to crime
C) institution of social control
D) subtle social control
A) informed method of social control
B) private response to crime
C) institution of social control
D) subtle social control
C
American criminal justice consists of three main agencies. Which of the following is NOT one of those three main agencies?
A) courts
B) police
C) corrections
D) prisons
A) courts
B) police
C) corrections
D) prisons
D
After an arrest has been made, the suspect is brought to the police station to be
A) incarcerated
B) interrogated
C) booked
D) tried
A) incarcerated
B) interrogated
C) booked
D) tried
C
The purpose of ___ is for a judge to determine whether there is probably cause to believe that the defendant committed the crime or crimes with which he or she is charged
A) an indictment
B) an initial appearance
C) an arraignment
D) a preliminary hearing
A) an indictment
B) an initial appearance
C) an arraignment
D) a preliminary hearing
D
About ___ of criminal defendats plead guilty to the charges against them in an arrangement called plea bargaining
A) 95%
B) 75%
C) 25%
D) 50%
A) 95%
B) 75%
C) 25%
D) 50%
A
Currently, five general types of punishment are in use in the United States. Which of the following is NOT one of these punishments?
A) probation
B) death
C) transportation
D) intermediate punishments
A) probation
B) death
C) transportation
D) intermediate punishments
C
Because there is considerable conflict and confusion between different agencies of criminal justice, an accurate way of defining American criminal justice may be to call it
A) a non-system
B) a system
C) extremely uniform
D) smoothly operating
A) a non-system
B) a system
C) extremely uniform
D) smoothly operating
A
When politically conservative values are dominant in society, the principles and policies of the ___ seem to dominate the operation of criminal justice
A) human rights
B) rehabilitation
C) crime control model
D) claim of right doctrine
A) human rights
B) rehabilitation
C) crime control model
D) claim of right doctrine
C
A major problem with the crime control model is that a presumption of guilt goes against one of the oldest and most cherished principles of American criminal justice. What is this principle?
A) defendants have the right to counsel, even if they are indigent
B) defendants are considered innocent until proven guilty
C) defendants are protected against compelled self-incrimination
D) defendants have the right to a jury of their peers
A) defendants have the right to counsel, even if they are indigent
B) defendants are considered innocent until proven guilty
C) defendants are protected against compelled self-incrimination
D) defendants have the right to a jury of their peers
B
Due process advocates recognize that there can be no equal justice where the kind of trial a person gets, whether he or she gets a trial at all, depends substantially on
A) the demands of the court's caseload
B) the region of the country in which the person lives
C) the personal beliefs of his or her counsel
D) how much money the person has
A) the demands of the court's caseload
B) the region of the country in which the person lives
C) the personal beliefs of his or her counsel
D) how much money the person has
D
Which of the following is a problem associated with finding an appropriate definition of crime?
A) crime should be defined only be the presence of a physical injury to a person
B) most behaviors defined as criminal are actually victimless crimes
C) many dangerous and harmful behaviors are not defined as crimes, while many less dangerous and harmful behaviors are.
D) too many behaviors exist that could be defined as crimes.
A) crime should be defined only be the presence of a physical injury to a person
B) most behaviors defined as criminal are actually victimless crimes
C) many dangerous and harmful behaviors are not defined as crimes, while many less dangerous and harmful behaviors are.
D) too many behaviors exist that could be defined as crimes.
C
The term ___ refers to criminal conduct - specifically, intentional or criminally negligent action or inaction that causes harm
A) concurrence
B) mena rea
C) ex post facto
D) actus reus
A) concurrence
B) mena rea
C) ex post facto
D) actus reus
D
Which of the following terms is defined as a legal defense against criminal responsibility when a person, who was not already predisposed to it, is induced into committing a crime by a law enforcement officer or by his or her agent?
A) insanity
B) entrapment
C) self-defense
D) duress
A) insanity
B) entrapment
C) self-defense
D) duress
B
The term ___ is defined as offenses that are illegal because laws define them as such
A) mala prohibita
B) mala fide
C) modus operandi
D) mens rea
A) mala prohibita
B) mala fide
C) modus operandi
D) mens rea
A
Which of the following is a reason why victims fail to report crimes?
A) they are intimidated by (or afraid of) the offender
B) they may hope to avoid embarrassing the offender
C) they may consider the crime insignificant and not worth reporting
D) all of the answers are correct
A) they are intimidated by (or afraid of) the offender
B) they may hope to avoid embarrassing the offender
C) they may consider the crime insignificant and not worth reporting
D) all of the answers are correct
D