test 1

Question 1

What are the three branches of government?

Answer 1

Executive, Legislative, Judicial

Question 2

The framers of the US Constitution created the three branches of government so that there would be a system of checks and balances. The different branches were not created to get along with each other. Each branch was created to keep the others from getting too much power.

Answer 2

true

Question 3

T or F

The contemporary criminal justice system is society’s instrument of social control.

Answer 3

true

Question 4

A good source of data about crime in the US is:

Answer 4

A) FBI Uniform Crime Reports
B) Bureau of Justice Statistics
C) National Crime Victimization Survey

Question 5

What percentage of police officers in the US are women?

Answer 5

12-13%

Question 6

The US has less than 5% of the world’s population, and ____% of the world’s prison population.

Answer 6

20-25%

Question 7

A violation of social norms defining appropriate or proper behavior under a particular set of circumstances is known as

Answer 7

deviance

Question 8

A ____________________ is a set of interrelated propositions that attempt to describe, explain, predict, and ultimately control some class of events.

Answer 8

theory

Question 9

A ____________________ is a set of interrelated propositions that attempt to describe, explain, predict, and ultimately control some class of events.

Answer 9

theory

Question 10

This person is considered by many to be the father of modern criminology.

Answer 10

Casare Lombroso

Question 11

_________________ is an eighteenth century approach to crime causation and criminal responsibility that emphasizes free will and reasonable punishments.

Answer 11

The Classical Schoo

Question 12

Broken windows theory

Answer 12

is a perspective on crime causation that holds that the physical deterioration of an area leads to higher crime rates and an increased concern for personal safety among residents.

Question 13

the Classical Theory

Answer 13

crime prevention is possible through swift and certain punishment that offsets any gains to be had through criminal behavior.

Question 14

Which approach to explaining crime addresses the gender ratio problem?

Answer 14

Biosocial theories

Question 15

Early biological theories

Answer 15

were developed by criminologists who believed that people do not commit crime by choice, but rather because of inherited and uncontrollable biological traits.

Question 16

Actavism

Answer 16

reverting back to something ancient or ancestral.

Question 17

What is the central defining characteristic of a psychopath?

Answer 17

lack of empathy

Question 18

The essential aspects of a criminal offense are _______________________________ , ___________________________________, and ___________________________.

Answer 18

actus reus, mens rea, concurrence

Question 19

T or F

The Utah State Legislature makes criminal case law for the state.

Answer 19

false

Question 20

T or F

Misdemeanor offenses are more serious that felony offenses.

Answer 20

false

Question 21

The idea that those who make and enforce the laws are bound by those laws is called:

Answer 21

rule of law

Question 22

Self-defense is a justification defense.

Answer 22

true

Question 23

Insanity is a justification defense.

Answer 23

false

Question 24

______________ law controls personal relationships between parties. ___________________ law controls relationships between individuals and the government.

Answer 24

Civil, Criminal

Question 25

T or F

A felony is usually punishable by more that one year in jail.

Answer 25

true