CCJ1020 Chapter 1 Flashcards
1
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- The system of law enforcement, adjudication, and correction is directly involved in the apprehension, prosecution, and control of those charged with criminal offenses is referred to as a society safety net.
A
False
2
Q
- The crime rate was much higher 100 years ago than it is today.
A
True
3
Q
- Local governments collectively spend more on criminal Justice than do State and federal agencies combined.
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True
4
Q
- A charging warning occurs a prosecutor conducts a preliminary investigation and finds merit in the case.
A
False
5
Q
- The Miranda warnings must be read to all suspects arrested by law enforcement.
A
False
6
Q
- The criminal Justice process is slowed by congestion and limited resources.
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True
7
Q
- Most criminal cases are processed through the entire formal criminal Justice system.
A
False
8
Q
- Less serious felonies make up the bottom layer of the criminal Justice system wedding cake.
A
False
9
Q
- The equal justice perspective advocated that judges consider extralegal factors in sentencing.
A
False
10
Q
During the past decade, the crime control and equal justice perspectives have dominated in criminal Justice is dispensed.
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True
11
Q
- The non-intervention perspective believes there is a stigma that locks people into a criminal way of life.
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True
12
Q
- Ethical behavior is particularly important in law enforcement because police officers have the authority to derive people of their liberty.
A
True
13
Q
- The system of law enforcement, adjudication, and correction that is directly involved in the apprehension, prosecution, and control of those charged with criminal offenses is called:
A
The criminal Justice system.
14
Q
- Which statement is accurate concerning crime in a historical context in the United States?
A
Crime and violence have been common since the nation was first formed and are not recent social problems.
15
Q
- Police agencies begin to appear in the United States in the ___ century.
A
nineteenth
16
Q
- ____ is not one of the unifying principles of evidence-based justice.
A
Customary Practice
17
Q
- ____, such as the characteristic of the community the program is being used, can enhance or impede a program’s success.
A
Intervening factors
18
Q
- Using evidence justice, what does the research say about school-based drug education programs?
A
The track record of school-based drug education programs has proven to be spotty at best.
19
Q
- The ____ sponsored research in the 1950s which showed the criminal Justice system composed of an intricate network of agencies.
A
American Bar Foundation project
20
Q
- The three main components into which the contemporary criminal Justice system is generally divided are:
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law enforcement, the judiciary, and the correctional system.
