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Question 1 2 / 2 pts The calls police routinely respond to rarely involve the sensational crimes reported by the media. Correct!
True
False
Question 2 2 / 2 pts Bail is the conditional release of prisoners before they have served their full sentences.
True Correct!
False
Question 3 2 / 2 pts The object of criminal justice in the United States is to prevent and control crime. Correct!
True
False
Question 4 2 / 2 pts Insanity is a medical term, not a legal one.
True Correct!
False
Question 5 2 / 2 pts Émile Durkheim rejected the idea that society is more than a simple aggregate of individuals and believed that the world is simply the product of individual actions.
True Correct!
False
Question 6 2 / 2 pts Classical criminologist Cesare Beccaria favored the death penalty as a way of achieving general deterrence.
True Correct!
False
Question 7 2 / 2 pts The Sixth Amendment has been interpreted to mean that defendants have the right to represent themselves. Correct!
True
False
Question 8 2 / 2 pts A person is generally protected from searches and seizures without a warrant in all places where he or she has a legitimate right to be.
True Correct!
False
Question 9 2 / 2 pts In the state police model, officers can enforce the law anywhere within the boundaries of the state. Correct!
True
False
Question 10
False
Question 15 2 / 2 pts As an institution of social control, criminal justice differs from the family, schools, organized religion, the media, and the law in that it
requires society to abide by passive social values.
exists as a single system. Correct!
is generally society's "last line of defense."
is usually used along with other institutions of social control.
Question 16 2 / 2 pts Currently, five general types of punishment are in use in the United States. Which of the following is NOT one of these punishments?
probation Correct!
transportation
intermediate punishments
death
Question 17 2 / 2 pts What is the key to the operation of the crime control model?
The defense of personal freedom
The doctrine of legal guilt
A focus on due process Correct!
A presumption of guilt
Question 18 2 / 2 pts One way in which state and local governments in the United States share the costs of criminal justice is by making ________ primarily a local function.
corrections
juvenile justice Correct!
police protection
judicial services
Question 19 2 / 2 pts A typical ________ definition of crime is behavior that violates the norms or mores of society.
legal
criminological Correct!
social
psychological
Question 20 2 / 2 pts To date, most self-report crime surveys conducted in the United States have been administered to ________.
defendants Correct!
school children
victims of violent crimes
victims of hate crimes
Question 21 2 / 2 pts
counteract
ignore Correct!
overemphasize
disregard
Question 25 2 / 2 pts Radical theories of crime causation are generally based on the ideas of Correct!
Karl Marx.
Susan B. Anthony.
Travis Hirschi.
Edwin H. Sutherland.
Question 26 2 / 2 pts Which of the following theorists modified Edwin H. Sutherland's theory by introducing role theory and arguing that criminal behavior could be learned by identifying with criminal roles and not just by associating with criminals?
C. Ray Jeffery Correct!
Daniel Glaser
b. F. Skinner
H.H. Goddard
Question 27 2 / 2 pts ________ is a formal means of social control that involves the use of rules that are interpreted, and are enforceable, by the courts of a political community.
Substantive law
Procedural law
Civil law Correct!
Criminal law
Question 28 2 / 2 pts Almost three-fourths of all exonerations involve __________.
b. false confessions Correct!
perjury orb. false accusation
falsified test results
concealed evidence
Question 29 2 / 2 pts In a jury trial, when does jeopardy attach?
when the first witness has been sworn in
when the verdict is read
when the judge passes a sentence upon the convicted person Correct!
when the entire jury has been selected and sworn in
Question 30 2 / 2 pts The standard of proof necessary to find a defendant guilty in a criminal trial is
probable cause.
preponderance of evidence. Correct!
beyond a reasonable doubt.
2 / 2 pts Most county sheriffs are
appointed by the county commissioner.
hired by a board appointed for that purpose.
appointed from within the agency. Correct!
elected by the voters of the county.
Question 35 2 / 2 pts The only personal experience most people have with the criminal justice process is contact with a
probation or parole officer.
courtroom.
correctional institution. Correct!
local police officer.
Question 36 2 / 2 pts The most misused drug in the U.S. is ______.
MDMA
cocaine
opioids Correct!
marijuana
Question 37 2 / 2 pts Which of the following recruitment programs involves a focus on high school students? Correct!
Tech prep programs
Public safety officer programs
Police cadet programs
Community service officer programs
Question 38 2 / 2 pts Which of the following factors has made the police the major responder to domestic violence calls?
ongoing police interest
increasing concern for women's safety
referrals from other agencies Correct!
the availability of 24-hour service
