Quiz 1

Question 1

Social Control

Answer 1

the way the norms, rules, laws, and structures of society regulate human behavior

Question 2

Formal Social Control

Answer 2

Speed limit, laws, police, fines

Question 3

Informal Social Control

Answer 3

Peer pressure, gossip

Question 4

Institution of Social Control

Answer 4

An organization that persuades people, through subtle and not-so-subtle means, to abide by the dominant values of society

Question 5

Jurisdiction

Answer 5

Politically defined geographic region

Question 6

Felony

Answer 6

More serious punishment > 1 year in prison

Question 7

Misdemeanor

Answer 7

Less serious punishment < 1 year in jail + fine(s)

Question 8

Initial appearance

Answer 8

A pretrial where The defendant is given notice of a charge, and is read their constitutional rights

Question 9

Probable Cause

Answer 9

A standard of proof that trustworthy evidence is there that the defendant more than likely committed the crime

Question 10

Summary Trial

Answer 10

An immediate trial with a judge only (no jury)

Question 11

Bail

Answer 11

Money deposited with the court that serves as a guarantee that the defendant will appear in court later

Question 12

Preliminary Hearing

Answer 12

Only for felonies, a pretrial stage at which a judge determines whether there is probable cause

Question 13

Grand Jury

Answer 13

An anonymous group of people that issue an arraignment

Question 14

Information

Answer 14

The prosecutor fills out a form and shows evidence of crime

Question 15

Plea bargaining

Answer 15

The practice whereby a specific sentence is imposed if the accused pleads guilty to an agreed-on charge(s) instead of going to trial

Question 16

Arrest

Answer 16

The seizing and detaining of a person by lawful authority

Question 17

Booking

Answer 17

The recording of an arrest.

Question 18

Defendant

Answer 18

A person against whom a legal action is brought, a warrant is issued, or an indictment is found

Question 19

Grand Jury

Answer 19

A group of citizens who meet to investigate charges coming from preliminary hearings

Question 20

Bench Trial

Answer 20

A trial before a judge without a jury

Question 21

Probation

Answer 21

A sentence in which the offender, rather than being incarcerated, is retained in the community under the supervision of a probation agency

Question 22

Parole

Answer 22

The conditional release of prisoners before they have served their full sentences

Question 23

System

Answer 23

A smoothly operating set of arrangements and institutions directed toward the achievement of common goals

Question 24

Crime Control Model

Answer 24

1 of Packers 2 Models
Traditional conservative values.
The control of criminal behavior is the most important

Question 25

Due Process Model

Answer 25

1 of Packers 2 Models
Traditional Liberal values
The principal goal of criminal justice is as least as much to protect the innocent as it is to convict the guilty

Question 26

Doctrine of Legal Guilt

Answer 26

People are not to be held guilty of crimes merely on a showing

Question 27

What three agencies make up the criminal justice system

Answer 27

Police, Courts, Corrections

Question 28

Who decides whether to charge a suspect with a crime?

Answer 28

the prosecutor

Question 29

When does a suspect become a defendant