Final Exam Flashcards
The LEAA was not only successful for lowering the crime rate, but also establishing educational opportunities for police and other criminal justice personnel?
False
The idea of criminal justice as a system is a myth?
True
Treason and murder are mentioned in the U.S. Constitution?
False
Crime may be a failure to act, as well as an intentional act?
True
In cases of voluntary manslaughter, the offender did not intend to kill the victims?
False
Felony murder is a death during a commission of a misdemeanor?
False
Homicide rates complied by the Uniform Crime Reports are more nearly complete and accurate than other reports recorded?
True
Due to the Federal Code 02-417 stating that each and every police department shall supply all crime information for their respected files, the UCR should be valid?
False
The probable cause hearing is the same as the preliminary hearing?
True
Most murders are committed by people using firearms?
True
The 14th Amendment mandated due process to the state-local government?
True
All states in the U.S. have a sheriffs department?
False
The majority of police officers are at the federal level of government?
False
The Texas Rangers were organized in 1823 by Sam Houston?
False
The Chicago Police Department was the first police department organized?
False
Responsibilities of federal marshals include serving of federal warrants and representing federal courts?
True
The difference between military rule and police rule is that police rule is governed by public officials, where military is ruled by military?
True
The primary function of police is the peace keeping role?
True
The largest operating line service of a police force is the Criminal Investigation division?
False
A search incident to an arrest is only valid if there is a valid warrant authorizing the arrest?
False
Traffic ticket fixing is not corruption when it is known by the responsible government official?
False
Corruption is found only in police criminal justice areas and local units of government?
False
The primary cause of police brutality in some situations is peer pressure?
True
Police ranks commonly follow military style designs?
True
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is the most powerful member of the court?
False
U.S. Supreme Court justices serve for a period of ten years and must be reaffirmed by congress?
False
The American Judicial System is a system of dual courts?
True
Both federal and state courts are organized by geographic boundaries?
True
Neither the accused nor his attorney is permitted to be present during the conduction of a grand jury hearing?
True
The grand jury decision must be unanimous?
False
The U.S. Supreme Court has only appellate jurisdiction?
False
All of Indiana’s coroners must be licensed doctors?
False
The bailiff is responsible for the security of the court and is often a member of the county sheriff’s department?
True
The Separate System Philosophy was cell isolation to eliminate evil associations and for opportunity to reflect on his/her evils?
True
The brank was also called the gossips helm and the dames bridle?
True
The ducking stool was thrown at people to punish then for crimes?
False
William Penn is said to be the founder of the modern prison philosophy?
True
The Walnut Street Jail was the first prison in the U.S.?
True
The Auburn System was congregate, but silence was imposed?
True
Alexander MaConachie was the founder of the Mark System on Norfolk Island?
True
The American Federation of Labor attacked prison industries in congress to eliminate competition?
True
The Island of Pelicans is San Francisco Bay was the place where many people lived that violated federal crimes?
True
Most inmates of jails today are white, under 30, male, and single?
True
Corporal punishment refers specifically to punishments involving direct harm to the human body?
True
In Indiana, an example of a maximum security prison is Michigan City State Correctional Institution?
True
Classification is not used in the state level prisons?
False
Attic Prison’s conditions and administration in 1971 proved to be the most beneficial and innovative in the country in aiding inmate rehabilitation?
False
The failure of the Prohibition Amendment was a topic examined by the___________
Wickersham Commission
LEAA was most effective in _________
establishing opportunity for criminal justice education
During the 1960s_________
crime increased by over 100 %
The Uniform Crime Reports are compiled by the ______
FBI
The Uniform Crime Reports are compiled by _________
crimes known to the police and arrests
The term defined as criminal intent is _________
mens rea
The term defined as a felony in most cases __________
mala in se
In the crime of conspiracy the offenders must ________
overt act toward completion of act
Due process requires ___________
notice of proceedings, opportunity to present defense, impartial judge-jury
Most homicides are committed because of ________
money and romantic triangle
As a whole, the criminal justice system has many problems; however, one possible aid to help solve the problem is ___________
communication between levels of criminal justice
Breaking and entering a dwelling to commit a felony is _________
burglary
The M’naghten rule discusses __________________
mental incapability of right-wrong understanding
The F.B.I. was created by ___________
Grand-nephew of Emperor Napoleon I
The Texas Rangers were _______________
first state police body in the U.S., a fighting force in the Texas revolution, created to protect settlers from Indians
Interpol functions are ________
a data depository
Forgery and counterfeiting of U.S. currency is a focus of the ___________
Secret Service
The Border Patrol is part of the ____________
Immigration and Naturalization Service
To search with probable cause you can search for ________
instrumentalities of crime, contraband, and stolen property
The most basic aspect of police work is __________
patrol
There are more sworn police officers in the __________
municipal-local police agencies
The Indiana State Police ________________
fulfill the same regulatory functions as a local department except they can enforce only state-federal laws
Search a vehicle without a warrant upon probable comes under the ___________
Carroll rule
In Terry v. Ohio a police officer can ____________
make a warrantless search for weapons
If probable cause does not exist, you can make a ________
consent search and plain view search
The proceedings of a grand jury are ________
secret
The term describing legally sufficient evidence to establish fact or case is ____________
prima facie
Each defendant has the opportunity to have advance knowledge of evidence against them. This is known as a motion of ________________
discovery and inspection
Members of the U.S. Supreme Court are nominated by the ___________
President
A case is granted review by the U.S. Supreme Court through the issuance of a writ of __________
certiorari
If a jury fails to come to a unanimous decision as to a defendants guilt or innocence, the result is ___________
hung jury
To place an individual in the death chamber to stop others from committing crime is an example of what type of philosophy-punishment?
deterrence
A sentence for a set period of time with no reduction by parole is a __________________________
definite sentence
In an indetermined sentence, the actual amount of time to be served is determined by the _______________
parole authority
Codes that call for life imprisonment for prior felony activity along with offense or multiple felony offenders are called ________________________
habitual offender codes
Misdemeanor and/or traffic courts are courts of ___________ jurisdiction
limited
A command by the court to do a certain duty is a write of _________
general
The U.S. Supreme Court has how many members?
9
The security of any evidence in the custody of the court is the responsibility of the ____________
court clerk
The right to counsel is guaranteed by the __________
6th Amendment
The right to a speedy trial is guaranteed by the _______
6th Amendment
The method of punishment used on Lucky Luciano and Nazi war criminals was ________________
deportation
The act which banned prison goods from shipment to other states was ______________
Hawes Act
The colonial device that shackled a convicted slander’s feet to a wooden stake was known as the ____________
bilboes
The ticket to leave instituted by Walter Crofton represented the first attempt of what is now known as __________________
parole
The classical school of criminal law and criminology began with _______________
Cesare Beccaria
Community based corrections _______________
keeps the offender in the local environment thus keeping those ties
The father of probation was _____________
John Agustus
The process of sentencing a small amount of time to be served and the rest placed on conditional release is ___________
shock probation
Indiana’s minimum security prison for adults is ________
Indiana State Farm
The state that first instituted a women’s prison was _______
Indiana
