Essentials of Criminal Justice Study Guide CHP 1

Question 1

What commission, appointed by President Herbert Hoover, made a detailed analysis of the US Justice system and helped usher in the era of treatment and rehabilitation?

Answer 1

Wickersham Commission

Question 2

Which of the following statements accurately characterized the relationship between criminal Justice and the media?

Answer 2

a. The media routinely features stories exposing brutal cops and violent prisons.

b. in media representations of court trials, criminal defendants receive lengthy trials and attentive juries.

c. The media leads many individuals to gain false impressions about criminal Justice

d. All of the above (Correct)

Question 3

Although there has been a recent decline in the number of cases brought to state courts, how many cases are still being heard each year in state courts?

Answer 3

96 million

Question 4

Federal funding makes up percent of the contemporary criminal Justice system

Answer 4

19

Question 5

Jackson has been arrested for possession of drugs. When he was taken into custody, the officer has just witnessed Jackson taking money from someone and handing them a small bag that looked as if it contained drugs. After witnessing the event that served and a probable cause, the officer searched Jackson’s backpack where he found approximately 4 ounces of marijuana packaged in smaller bags for resale.

Upon searching Jackson’s home, the officer found an additional 3 ounces of marijuana packaged for resale; the prosecutor has decided to charge Jackson with possession with intent to distribute. What is the next stage of the criminal Justice process after charging?

Answer 5

Preliminary hearing

Question 6

Under what circumstances may a defendant be released on their own promise to return to the court without bail?

Answer 6

If the defendant has committed a non violent crime.

Question 7

The formal criminal Justice process is supposed to be fair and unbiased. Critics argue that extralegal factors often influence the process. Which of the following is one of those extralegal factors critics argue influences the system?

Answer 7

Offender’s race

Question 8

Jessica had been in trouble with the law for as long as she can remember. Her first crime was shoplifting a candy bar from a drugstore. Since then, she had moved on to more substantial shoplifting and stealing. While she was on probation and paying restitution to a victim from a previous theft, she was arrested and charged with home invasion and robbery. As a result, Jessica was asked to participate in a rehabilitation program that is designed to provide a more successful readjustment to society after prison. Her participation in this program with occur during what stage of the criminal Justice program?

Answer 8

Correctional treatment

Question 9

Jessica had been in trouble with the law for as long as she can remember. Her first crime was shoplifting a candy bar from a drugstore. Since then, she had moved on to more substantial shoplifting and stealing. While she was on probation and paying restitution to a victim from a previous theft, she was arrested and charged with home invasion and robbery. With Jessica’s new charge of home invasion and robbery, she will likely be sentenced to a prison time. What component of the system will she serve her sentence in?

Answer 9

Corrections

Question 10

Approximately percent of felony cases are settled without a trial.

Answer 10

80

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT an example of a way that law enforcement agents and prosecutors exercise discretion of criminal cases?

Answer 11

a. Deciding whether to make an arrest
b. Sentencing based on the letter of the law (correct)
c. Substituting charges for others
d. Handling a case informally

Question 12

What percent of misdemeanors go to trial?

Answer 12

Less than 10 percent

Question 13

The case of Jared Lee Loughner, who shot Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, is an example of what level of the “wedding cake” model of Justice ?

Answer 13

Level 1

Question 14

Shoplifting and public drunkenness would be considered of the criminal Justice “wedding cake”

Answer 14

Level 4

Question 15

Which Justice perspective sees the Justice system serving as a mechanism of caring for and treating people who cannot manage themselves, and assumes people are at the mercy of social, economic, and interpersonal conditions?

Answer 15

Rehabilitation

Question 16

Which perspective on the criminal Justice system advocates mediation rather than coercive punishment?

Answer 16

Restorative Justice

Question 17

Proponents of which Justice perspective are concerned about the effect of the stigma that criminal suspects bear when they are given negative labels such as “rapist” or “child molester”?

Answer 17

Nonintervention

Question 18

If you believe that procedural fairness, civil rights, and the rule of law are inviolate principles, which perspective on the Justice system do you favor ?

Answer 18

Due process

Question 19

Which of the following statements about ethics in the criminal Justice system is NOT true ?

Answer 19

Ethical issues end with the arrest of a suspect.

Question 20

Those who hold the rehabilitation perspective on Justice believe that people who commit crimes

Answer 20

b. Are the victims of social problems like racism and poverty