Reference no: EM133371557
Questions
1. How many stages are involved in the Criminal Justice Process Model?
5
3
4
2
2. Which model would view a criminal justice system that fights crime and protects potential victims?
Presumption model
Consensus model
Due process model
Crime control model
3. Which of the following is not one of the Three Facets of Victim Precipitation?
Victim vulnerability
Victim contribution
Victim proneness
Victim provocation
4. The emphasis on efficient and effective justice is known as the due process model.
True
False
5. A social system designed to maintain order and regulate interaction is known as a:
System of social control
System of norms
Informal control system
System of sanctions
6. The central premise of Due Process Rights is the presumption of innocence.
True
False
7. The author suggests in an analogy that the criminal justice system's various levels of government operations are separate, but linked together in comparison to:
A picket fence
A filter
A riddle
A wedding cake
8. The American Criminal Justice System can be divided into which of the following components/agencies?
Prosecutors/courts, Prisons/jail, Legislature and law enforcement
Legislature, Law enforcement, Jails/prisons and parole/probation
Law enforcement, Prosecutors/courts, Probation/parole and Jails/prisons
Judicial, Probation/parole, Jails/prisons and law enforcement
9. Which of the following is not one of the specific stages of the Criminal Justice Process Model?
Adjudication
Probation
Corrections
Entry into the system
10. The grand jury system decides whether there is sufficient probable cause to indict someone.
True
False
11. The charges against the defendant are announced at arraignment.
True
False
12. An initial appearance is a formal request by the prosecution or the defense for a ruling on a particular matter.
True
False
13. Which of the following is not one of the theories of crime causation?
Sociological Theory
Classical Theory
Psychological Theory
Astrological Theory
14. The purpose of ________ is to develop theories that attempt to explain crime as a social phenomenon.
Criminology
Due Process
Criminal Law
Criminal Justice
15. Criminology Theories are factually conclusive and apply to every case.
True
False
16. Theories that share the assumption of free will and rational choice are commonly called:
Psychological theories
Biological theories
Classical school theories
Social determinism theories
17. Which of the following men is credited with the formation of the neoclassical school of criminology?
Jeremy Bentham
Sigmund Freud
Cesare Lombroso
Cesare Beccaria
18. According to _________, there were two distinct species of humans: "non-criminal" and "criminal man."
Charles Darwin's theory
Cesare Lombroso's theory
Raffaele Garofalo's theory
Richard Dugdale's theory
19. Who believed that criminal behavior was the result of "atavism" (the failure of humans to develop into modern men and women and instead remain a throwback or a savage)?
Cesar Lombroso
Sigmund Freud
Cesare Beccaria
Edwin Sutherland
20. Freudian Theory argues that:
Crime is an inherited characteristic in one's biological make-up.
Criminal behavior is a matter of free-will choice.
Crime is committed by subconscious desires and not free will
21. Crime is caused by social factors and social forces beyond one's control.
A theory that focuses on the social and cultural values that exert control over and reinforce the behavior of individuals is:
Social Control Theory
Conflict Theory
Neutralization Theory
Labeling Theory
22. Criminal offender John Doe grew up surrounded by poverty and other disruptive social forces. Which theory would argue that his criminal behavior was independent of individual characteristics?
Social conflict
Social control
Differential association
Social disorganization
23. Which of the following is an example of an informal system of social control?
law enforcement citation
grounded by a parent
arrest
suspension from school
24. The differential association theory believes that criminal behavior is learned through association with a peer group that engages in criminal behavior and was created by:
James Becker.
Cesare Lombroso.
Edwin Sutherland
Fran Gall.
25. Victim-precipitation theories view the victim as randomly targeted by a criminal.
True
False