Question 1

Currently, we are seeing a decrease in which types of crime?

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Traditional crimes

Question 2

What are the three major components of the Criminal Justice System?

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Police, Courts, Corrections

Question 3

Which model best assumes that the system\'s components work together harmoniously to achieve justice?

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The consensus model

Question 4

Which stage in the criminal justice process involves taking pictures and fingerprints of a suspect?

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Booking

Question 5

Which of the following generally does not occur during a preliminary hearing?

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The defendant is asked to enter a plea

Question 6

By returning an indictment, the grand jury has determined that

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there is probable cause to formally charge the defendant with the crime.

Question 7

The ________ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gives every defendant the right to a trial by jury?

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Sixth

Question 8

In which of the following situations may a bench trial occur?

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The defendant waives his or her right to a trial by jury.

Question 9

An offender is convicted of multiple crimes and is sentenced for each offense. A ________ sentence permits the offender to serve all sentences at the same time.

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concurrent

Question 10

The ________ model emphasizes the efficient arrest and conviction of criminal offenders.

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crime-control

Question 11

________ refers to crime fighting strategies that have been scientifically tested and are based on social science research.

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Evidence-based practice

Question 12

________ describes the scientific study of the causes and prevention of crime and the rehabilitation and punishment of offenders?

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B) Criminology

Question 13

If you are looking for national crime statistics and want data on crimes reported to the police, you should use which of the following sources of data?

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The Uniform Crime Reports

Question 14

Which agency is responsible for the National Crime Victimization Survey?

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Bureau of Justice Statistics

Question 15

The ________ is a traditional measure of investigative effectiveness that compares the number of crimes reported or discovered to the number of crimes solved through arrest or other means.

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Clearance rate

Question 16

All of the following are Part I violent crime offenses except

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Prostitution

Question 17

Which of the Part I violent crimes is the least common?

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Murder

Question 18

A ________ involves killing at least four victims at one location during one event.

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mass murder

Question 19

Most rapes are committed by

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an acquaintance of the victim.

Question 20

The unlawful, intentional inflicting, or attempted or threatened inflicting, of serious injury upon the person of another is the crime of

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aggravated assault.

Question 21

________ is defined as the unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or theft.

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Burglary

Question 22

________ refers to events where social media directs people â often teenagers â to go to retail stores and rob them.

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Flash robs

Question 23

________ is the unlawful taking or attempted taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property, from the possession or constructive possession of another.

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Larceny/Theft

Question 24

Each of the following offenses falls under the category of larceny except

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robbery.

Question 25

________ involves obtaining key pieces of information, such as Social Security and driver\'s license numbers, to obtain credit, merchandise, and services in the victim\'s name.

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Identity theft

Question 26

The dark figure of crime refers to

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crime that is not reported to the police.

Question 27

The elderly are more likely than younger people to

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be victimized by strangers.

Question 28

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

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deviance.

Question 29

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

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theory

Question 30

Theory testing usually involves the development of a(n) ________ based on what the theory predicts.

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hypothesis

Question 31

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

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The Classical School

Question 32

Which of the following scholars is considered to be a Classical School criminologist?

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Cesare Beccaria

Question 33

What is atavism?

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A condition characterized by features thought to be common in earlier stages of human evolution

Question 34

Which approach to explaining crime addresses the gender ratio problem?

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Biosocial theories

Question 35

Distinct portions of a cell\'s DNA that carry coded instructions for making everything the body needs are known as

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genes.

Question 36

A psychological principle that holds that the frequency of any behavior can be increased or decreased through reward, punishment, and association with other stimuli is

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conditioning.

Question 37

________ refer(s) to the relatively stable characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that make a person unique, and that influence that person\'s behavior.

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Personality

Question 38

________ is a theory of human behavior, based on the writings of Sigmund Freud, that sees personality as a complex composite of interacting mental entities.

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Psychopathology

Question 39

What is the central defining characteristic of a psychopath?

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Lack of empathy

Question 40

Which of Eysenck\'s personality dimensions was most likely to be closely correlated with criminality?

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Psychoticism

Question 41

________ refers to a condition of normlessness that is said to exist when a group is faced with social change, uneven development of culture, maladaptiveness, disharmony, conflict, and lack of consensus.

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Social disorganization

Question 42

Which of Merton\'s categories would a law-abiding citizen most likely fall into?

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Conformist

Question 43

________ theories emphasize the role of learning in crime causation.

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Social process

Question 44

________ theory focuses on the strength of the bond people share with individuals and institutions around them.

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Social control

Question 45

An offender neutralizes his guilt over the robbery of a convenience store by claiming that the victim routinely cheated customers and deserved to be targeted. This is an example of which technique of neutralization?

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Denial of injury

Question 46

________ criminology argues that the distribution of wealth and power in society is the primary cause of criminal behavior.

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Radical

Question 47

________ criminology suggests that social control agencies and citizens should work together to alleviate social problems and human suffering and thus reduce crime.

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Peacemaking

Question 48

Which conflict theory is mainly deconstructionist?

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Postmodern criminology

Question 49

In many states, ________ principles are used to interpret many legal issues.

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common law

Question 50

The concept of ________ expresses the belief that an orderly society must be governed by established principles to maintain order.

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Rule of law

Question 51

Which of the following is an example of procedural law?

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A law that specifies when a search warrant may be issued to the police

Question 52

Which of the following types of law is based on the assumption that acts injure not just individuals, but society as a whole?

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Criminal law

Question 53

Typically civil lawsuits seek

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compensation

Question 54

________ is a legal principle that ensures that previous judicial decisions are considered when settling similar future cases.

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Precedent

Question 55

Your friend has been convicted of a crime and been sentenced to a six month period of incarceration. Your friend most likely committed a(n)

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misdemeanor

Question 56

Which of the following is an inchoate offense?

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Conspiracy

Question 57

A crime consists of several elements, including the criminal act or

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Actus Reus.

Question 58

On your way to work, you hit and kill a pedestrian because you were texting while driving. Which type of mens rea most likely exists in this situation?

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Negligent

Question 59

Which type of crime does not require mens rea?

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A strict liability offense

Question 60

________ requires that the criminal act and the mental state occur together in order for a crime to take place.

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Concurrence

Question 61

To establish the ________ of a crime, the state must show that a criminal law was violated and that someone violated it.

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corpus delicti

Question 62

A legal defense in which the defendant admits to committing the act in question but claims it was necessary in order to avoid some greater evil is called a(n)

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justification

Question 63

Which of the following is an example of a procedural defense?

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The defendant is able to prove that he was denied his right to a speedy trial.

Question 64

Self-defense falls into which category of defenses to a criminal charge?

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Justification

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