Criminal Justice

Question 1

The UCR is the most reliable source of crime statistics because all law enforcement agencies are required to report the data to the FBI.

Answer 1

FALSE

Question 2

All criminals are deviants and All deviants are criminals.

Answer 2

FALSE

Question 3

The 3 components of the criminal justice system are?

Answer 3

Police, Courts, and Corrections

Question 4

A crime is defined as?

Answer 4

Violating the laws of society by a person or group of people who are subjected to that law

Question 5

A taboo is a very negative norm and is always a criminal offense.

Answer 5

FALSE

Question 6

The Criminal Justice System and all of the agencies have always worked together to prevent crime

Answer 6

FALSE

Question 7

The primary of the police in the criminal justice is to?

Answer 7

investigate crime and identify suspects and make arrests

Question 8

The Interactionist View states that the definition of a crime…

Answer 8

reflects the preferences and opinions of people who hold social power in a given jurisdiction

Question 9

Laws are created by?

Answer 9

Legislature

Question 10

All deviant behavior is criminal in nature.

Answer 10

FALSE

Question 11

Folkways are behaviors that are learned and shared from

Answer 11

Social Groups & also known as customs (both A & B)

Question 12

The Conflict View states that?

Answer 12

society is comprised of a collection of similar groups that can include owners/workers, wealthy/poor, students/professionals, young/old, or more. The view recognizes that the creation of law is unequal and may not have consensus.

Question 13

The Consensus View states that?

Answer 13

ALL OF THE ABOVE

Question 14

Morays are?

Answer 14

norms of morality

Question 15

The Courts are?

Answer 15

-fact-finding arm of the system
-determines guilt or innocence

Question 16

Discretion is never used by anyone in the criminal justice system.

Answer 16

FALSE

Question 17

The Corrections Department is responsible for?

Answer 17

Carrying out the sentence imposed by the court.

Question 18

The legal scholar who created the crime control and due process models of criminal justice was?

Answer 18

Herbert Packer

Question 19

The Crime Control Model focuses on?

Answer 19

ALL OF THE ABOVE

Question 20

Ethics refers to?

Answer 20

what constitutes good and bad behavior

Question 21

Who referred to the criminal justice system as a funnel?

Answer 21

Samuel Walker

Question 22

Packers Due Process model is favored by?

Answer 22

Liberalists

Question 23

Crime Control Model focuses on the rights of the accused? (Favored by conservatives)

Answer 23

FALSE

Question 24

Due process model uses plea bargaining instead of jury trials to ensure that the defendant’s rights are protected.

Answer 24

FALSE

Question 25

All criminal cases from traffic violations to capital murder go through the complete criminal justice process, including Jury Trials.

Answer 25

FALSE

Question 26

According to the media, violent crime has ___over the past years?

Answer 26

INCREASED

Question 27

The person who created the wedding cake model of criminal Justice is?

Answer 27

Samuel Walker

Question 28

When a company's officers pursue illegal activities in the name of the Company, its known as?

Answer 28

Corporate Crime

Question 29

Operating a Paniz scheme such as the one that Bernard Madoff operated is an example of?

Answer 29

White Collar Crime

Question 30

Simple assault is an example of?

Answer 30

Misdemeanor

Question 31

The type of crime that most Americans are familiar with is?

Answer 31

Street Crime

Question 32

According to the media, women are more likely to be victimized by?

Answer 32

Someone they know

Question 33

The most severe types of crimes are known as property crimes.

Answer 33

FALSE

Question 34

The riots which follow several social protests over the last few years are an example of?

Answer 34

Crimes against public order

Question 35

This is a crime that is punishable by more than 1 year in the penitentiary.

Answer 35

Felony

Question 36

Victimizing a person because of their religion is an example of a

Answer 36

Hate Crime

Question 37

The dark figure of crime represents all the crimes that are...

Answer 37

all crimes that occur but go unreported.

Question 38

When more than 1 crime occurs during an incident, only the ___ gets reported to the UCR hierarchy system.

Answer 38

Most serious

Question 39

Felony crimes are usually punished by an offender just paying fines.

Answer 39

FALSE

Question 40

The Criminal Justice System defines a victim as someone who commits criminal act.

Answer 40

FALSE

Question 41

Almost all states and the federal government have laws in place to ensure that a victim's rights are protected when crime occurs.

Answer 41

TRUE

Question 42

According to Mendelsohn typology of crime victims, there is no such thing as an innocent victim.

Answer 42

FALSE

Question 43

Some reasons why crimes go unreported are?

Answer 43

ALL OF THE ABOVE

Question 44

Victim Precipitation theory suggests that victims...

Answer 44

play an active role in their victimization

Question 45

NIBERS is an acronym for

Answer 45

National Incident Base Reporting System

Question 46

Self-Reporting surveys are completed by who?

Answer 46

Offenders

Question 47

The National Crime Victimization Survey is a survey that is sent out from the Census Bureau to how many houses every year?

Answer 47

135,000

Question 48

Acts must cause this in order to be considered a crime

Answer 48

Harm