Chapter 1: Making Sense of CJ

Question 1

Crime is unpredictable and often not easily controlled.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Common law is static - meaning it does not change overtime.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Each of the 50 states has its own unique constitution.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The “highest level of the law” in the United States is

Answer 4

the US Constitution

Question 5

Administrative justice focuses on…

Answer 5

how to best organize the cj system

Question 6

What is a political system?

Answer 6

any persistent pattern of human relationships that involves, so a significant extent, control, influence, power or authority

Question 7

What are the 3 basic components of the CJ system?

Answer 7

Cops, Courts & Corrections. CCC

Question 8

Name the “source of law” that is characterized as the inherited traditions from England, which was unwritten, judge-made law based on local mores and customs.

Answer 8

Common Law

Question 9

Crime perceptions are highly inflated in America

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Common law is best described as “Law that prescribes in detail the methods or procedures to be used in determining and enforcing rights and the duties of a person toward each other under substantive law”

Answer 10

False