Crim B1intro to Criminal Justice
BakersfieldCollege
Crim B1Intro to Criminal Justice
Name ______Date Due: 2/1/18
For each question, select the most correct answer.
Answer on a Scan-Tron 882E Form.
- Who would suggest that under certain circumstances involving criminal threats to public safety, the interests of society should take precedence over individual rights?
a) a crime-control advocate b) a justice-ideal advocate
c) an individual-rights advocate d) a public-order advocate - Who would support the full protection of personal freedoms and civil rights within the criminal justice process?
a) a crime-control advocate b) a justice-ideal advocate
c) an individual-rights advocate d) a public-order advocate - The conflict model of criminal justice
a) assumes that the efforts of the component parts of the system are fragmented, leading to a criminal justice non-system.
b) assumes that the movement of cases and people through the system is smooth due to cooperation among components of the system.
c) assumes that all parts of the system work together toward a common goal.
d) assumes police officers are the dominant actors in the criminal justice system. - A(n) ______is a writ issued by a judicial officer directing a law enforcement officer to perform a specific act and affording him/her protection from damages if s/he performs it.
a) indictment b) warrant
c) pretrial release order d) information - Robbery is a crime against property; burglary is a personal crime.
True False - Violent crimes are generally more serious than property offenses.
True False - The National Crime Victims Survey is compiled annually by the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
True False - Megan unlawfully entered a computer services building and stole a laser printer. What crime did she commit?
a) aggravated assault b) forcible rape
c) robbery d) burglary - A basic distinction between criminal and civil law is that criminal acts injure individuals and society as a whole.
True False - Misdemeanors are generally less serious than felonies
True False - Procedural law defines behaviors as criminal and specifies punishments.
True False - Which of the following is generally considered the most serious?
a) feloniesb) misdemeanors
c) offenses d) infractions - Which type of law refers to a traditional body of unwritten legal precedents created through everyday practice and supported by court decisions?
a) civil b) conflict
c) common d) administrative - Murder, robbery, and drug offenses would be defined as crimes under _____ law.
a) civil b) criminal
c) common d) administrative - What is the Latin term that means “the body of the crime”?
a) actus reusb) mens rea
c) stare decisis d) corpus delicti - Which of the following elements of crime means “guilty mind”?
a) concurrence b) harm
c) actus reusd) mens rea - The patronage system was a form of corruption in which the political party in power hires and promotes police officers, receiving job-related favors in return.
TrueFalse - The primary law enforcement officer in a county is the Sheriff.
TrueFalse - The first police department was established in Washington, D.C.
TrueFalse - The Federal Bureau of Investigation is the branch of the Department of Justice responsible for investigating violations of federal law.
True False - The Drug Enforcement Administration is the oldest federal law enforcement agency in the United States.
TrueFalse - The Immigration and Naturalization Service is mainly responsible for all financial matters of the federal government.
True False - The U.S. Marshalls control property that has been ordered seized by federal courts.
TrueFalse - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is primarily concerned with the illegal sale, possession, use of firearms and the control of untaxed tobacco and liquor products.
True False - The U.S. Customs Service stations agents at ports of entry and exit to the United States to police the flow of people and goods into and out of the country.
TrueFalse
26. The U.S. Marshals investigate violations of federal fugitive laws.
TrueFalse
27. The U.S. Customs Service has the added responsibility of protecting the president of the United States.
True False
28. The night watch system was the precursor to:
a. Organized police departments
b. The Federal Bureau of Investigation
c. The State Highway Patrol
d. The Immigration and Naturalization Service
29. The purpose of the highway patrol is to:
a. Assist local police agencies that lack resources
b. Investigate traffic accidents and enforce traffic laws
c. Break strikes and control labor movements.
d. All of these are correct.
e. I don’t know
30. The creation of the Department of Homeland Security is important because:
a. It reduces the number of federal law enforcement agencies.
b. It expands the number of federal law enforcement agencies.
c. It helps coordinate efforts to protect the U.S. from terrorists.
d. It creates a decentralized power structure, allowing local departments more authority to fight terrorists.
31. Which type of strategy is aimed at preventing crime?
a. Reactive b. Proactive
c. Simultaneous d. Informative
32. Field Training is the segment of a police recruit’s training in which s/he is removed from the classroom and placed on the beat, under supervision of a senior officer.
TrueFalse
33. Police subculture are the values and perceptions that are shared by members of a police department and, to a certain extent, by all law enforcement agents.
TrueFalse
34. Reasonable force is the degree of force that is appropriate to protect the police officer or other citizens.
TrueFalse
35. Ethics are the rules or standards of behavior governing a profession to help ensure the fairness and rightness of actions.
TrueFalse
36. Non-deadly force is force applied by a police officer that is likely or intended to cause death.
TrueFalse
37. Discretion is the moral sense of a police officer that s/he should apply authority in a certain manner.
True False
38. The Internal Affairs unit is a division within a police department that receives and investigates complaints of wrongdoing by police officers.
TrueFalse
39. Police departments usually engage in extensive background checks on applicant’s, including drug use tests, a review of the applicant’s educational, military and driving records.
TrueFalse
40. Bribery is when a police officer accepts money or other forms of payment in exchange for favors.
True False
41. Most jurisdictions allow arrest for a felony without a warrant as long as probable cause is established.
TrueFalse
- Officers may not stop and question an unwilling citizen when they have no reason to suspect him of a crime.
TrueFalse - A Writ of Certiorari is the warrant federal agents need to make an arrest.
TrueFalse - Probable cause must be satisfactorily demonstrated by police officers in a written affidavit to a judge / magistrate before a search warrant can be issued.
TrueFalse - Certain emergencies permit police to search premises without a warrant.
TrueFalse - Non-testimonial evidence, such as blood, cannot be seized as evidence.
TrueFalse - Which constitutional amendment establishes legal boundaries for the search and seizure of evidence?
a. Fourthb. Fifth
c. Firstd. Second - Which constitutional amendment establishes legal boundaries for the interrogation of suspects?
a. Fourthb. Fifth
c. Firstd. Second - Which of the following legal principles excludes from introduction at trial any evidence obtained as a result of an originally illegal search or seizure?
a. Plain-view doctrine
b. Public-safety exception
c. Good-faith exception
d. Fruit of the poisoned tree doctrine - Which of the statements about the search and seizure of evidence is false?
a. A warrantless search of an automobile is valid if it is based on probable cause that contraband is present.
b. Evidence in plain view seen by an officer, when the evidence is in a place where the officer is legally allowed to be, will not be excluded.
c. Evidence illegally seized by the police cannot be used in a trial under most circumstances.
d. In all circumstances, police officers must get a warrant in order to seize evidence.