Final Test (1) Flashcards
Parents and school represent what kind of social control in society?
Informal social control
Every person deserves a full array of constitutional rights and preserving democratic ideals is paramount over the need to punish the guilty
Due process
After arrest, Jackson will be in what stage of the criminal justice process while the officer searches his home for more evidence?
Custody
Jessica 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 will occur during what stage of the criminal justice process?
Correctional treatment
With Jessica’s new charge of home invasion and robbery, she will likely be sentenced to prison time. What component of the system will she serve her sentence in?
Corrections
Patricia, a famous child actor, has been arrested yet again. She has had many brushes with the law but has yet to be sentenced to prison. This time, the arrest was for stealing, but in the end, the charges are reduced after the star agrees to return the stolen goods. She has a team of attorneys on retainer and is always in the spotlight. With Patricia’s retained counsel, the judge was convinced that she had learned her lesson and that the challenge of the spotlight led her to her most current crime. This type of case would fall on what level of the criminal justice “wedding cake”?
Level 1
He feels that every person deserves a full array of constitutional rights and preserving democratic ideals is paramount over the need to punish the guilty. What is the name of the group of personnel that Henry works with in the courtroom and that helps to streamline the process of justice by use of deal making and plea bargaining?
Courtroom work group
What source of criminal statistics is the most cited?
Uniform Crime Reports
Andrew has decided that he is going to rob a bank to pay off his debts after losing his job. He buys a gun from a kid who lives in an economically depressed section of town, but he doesn’t ask where the gun came from. On the day of the robbery, Andrew decides that he will shoot at the ceiling inside the bank to get everyone’s attention. But as he shoots, the bullet ricochets and strikes a bank teller. The teller dies instantly, and in the process of Andrew’s getaway, he drops his gun. The “hierarchy rule” would apply to Andrew’s situation. To which reporting mechanism does this rule apply?
UCR
What type of study is the best measure of unreported crimes?
Self-report studies
African Americans make up about 13 percent of the population but account for what percent of Part I violent crime arrests?
36 percent
The law is the instrument that enables the wealthy to maintain their position of power and to control the behavior of those who oppose their ideas. Which view of crime would agree with this statement?
Conflict view
According to this view of crime, criminal law is a set of rules, codified by state authorities, that express norms, goals, and values of the vast majority of society.
Consensus view
If Monitoring the Future data is accurate, high school students commit nearly _________ robberies per year.
200,000
According to ____ theory, economic and political forces operate in society as the fundamental causes of criminality.
social conflict
What is an example of soft technology used in police departments?
AMBER alerts
DNA profiling gained national attention due to the ____ trial.
O. J. Simpson
A DNA match indicates a ________ to 1 chance that the suspect is the offender.
4 billion
Which of the following is not one of the four methods of predictive policing?
Methods for predicting victims’ identities
The technology that allows police to look at a complete picture of a crime scene in a 360-degree circumference is known as:
High-definition surveying.
Which US city created the first formal US police department in 1838?
Boston
Which of the following officers took part in the watch system of policing that thrived in thirteenth-century England?
All of these
English police officers were originally called “bobbies” because:
Sir Robert (Bobbie) Peel was responsible for their creation
Which of the following is not one of the notable achievements made by police departments in the 1990s?
A new internal review of discipline was implemented
The municipal police department in a large city in Nebraska is hiring. They want new recruits who can assist them in technological advances, information sharing, and targeting the war on terror. Bryan has just been recruited. Bryan is using mostly recently developed technology, but when he looks back at the history of the police, he can see that computer systems first started being used by some police departments in the _____.
1960s
Which federal law enforcement agency has unlimited jurisdiction?
No federal agency has unlimited jurisdiction.
Mark wants to work in the federal law enforcement field in a position that gives him versatility of duties. He should seek employment as an:
USMS agent
Which of the following laws would be interpreted as violating constitutional principles that prevent making a person’s status a crime?
A law that makes it illegal for someone to be an alcoholic
Which of the following crimes would fall under the definition of a strict liability crime?
A bartender serving an underage patron
Stanley is seeking help from a psychiatrist. After multiple sessions, he tells his psychiatrist that he has fantasies about killing a girl. Months later, Stanley actually kills the girl he spoke about during his sessions with the psychiatrist. In addition to the psychiatrist being tried for the girl’s murder, the parents of the deceased sue her for damages because she didn’t warn the police of the potential threat. In what categories of law is this case found?
Substantive criminal law and civil law
US civil law is primarily concerned with:
compensating the injured party for harm.
The term actus reus refers to the:
guilty act.
Stanley is seeking help from a psychiatrist. After multiple sessions, he tells his psychiatrist that he has fantasies about killing a girl. Months later, Stanley actually kills the girl he spoke about during his sessions with the psychiatrist. In addition to the psychiatrist being tried for the girl’s murder, the parents of the deceased sue her for damages because she didn’t warn the police of the potential threat. In applying the rule of lex talionis, how would the parents obtain closure for their daughter’s murder?
Stanley would receive the death penalty for his actions.
Randy has been arrested for selling marijuana in Washington state. He was high on drugs at the time of arrest and doesn’t quite understand why he is in trouble. The police are demanding to know Randy’s supplier and won’t let him eat or drink until he confesses. What amendment from the Bill of Rights protects Randy from this interrogation?
Fifth Amendment
Crime is generally grouped into three basic categories. They are:
felonies, misdemeanors, and violations.
Which of the following is false regarding a defense of self-defense?
The defendant must have acted under a reasonable belief that he or she was in danger of any type of harm
Regardless of their source, all criminal laws in the United States must conform to the rules and dictates of the
US Constitution
The protections offered by the Bill of Rights are applied to the states by the:
14th Amendment
Certain statutory offenses exist where mens rea is not essential. These offenses fall within a category known as:
strict liability crimes.
The exclusionary rule is used as part of which protection afforded to the accused by the US Constitution?
Fourth Amendment
