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Criminal Justice
AN INTRODUCTION
Fourteenth Edition Frank Schmalleger Test Bank by Ellen Cohn By 1 / 4
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Criminal Justice: An Introduction, 14e (Schmalleger)
Chapter 1 What Is Criminal Justice?
1.1 Multiple Choice Questions
1) Which of the following was associated with the Prohibition years of the early twentieth century?
- An increase in street crime
- A rise in terrorist incidents
- A wave of organized criminal activity
- An increased emphasis on individual rights
Answer: C
Page Ref: 4
Objective: Summarize the history of crime in America and corresponding changes in the American criminal justice system.
Level: Basic
2) As society became more focused on individual rights in the 1960s and 1970s, what happened to crime in the United States?
- Reported crime decreased dramatically.
- Reported crime increased dramatically.
- Reported crime remained stable.
- Unreported crime increased dramatically.
Answer: B
Page Ref: 5
Objective: Summarize the history of crime in America and corresponding changes in the American criminal justice system.
Level: Basic
3) In the 1990s, the perception that crime rates were increasing and that offenders were not being punished resulted in an increased focus on ________.
- social justice
- individual accountability
- due process
- the consensus model
Answer: B
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Objective: Summarize the history of crime in America and corresponding changes in the American criminal justice system.
Level: Intermediate
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2 Copyright © 2024 Pearson Education, Inc.4) Which of the following would support the protection of personal freedoms and civil rights?
- Crime-control advocates
- States'-rights advocates
- Public-order advocates
- Individual-rights advocates
Answer: D
Page Ref: 9
Objective: Describe the public-order (crime-control) and individual-rights (due-process) perspectives of criminal justice, concluding with how the criminal justice system balances the two perspectives.
Level: Difficult
5) A person who believes that under certain circumstances involving a criminal threat to public safety, the interests of society should take precedence over individual rights is a(n) ________.
- due-process advocate
- individual-rights advocate
- civil justice advocate
- public-order advocate
Answer: D
Page Ref: 9
Objective: Describe the public-order (crime-control) and individual-rights (due-process) perspectives of criminal justice, concluding with how the criminal justice system balances the two perspectives.
Level: Difficult
6) ________ is an ideal that embraces all aspects of civilized life and is linked to fundamental notions of fairness and to cultural beliefs about right and wrong.
- Public order advocacy
- Vigilante justice
- Social justice
- Civil justice
Answer: C
Page Ref: 9
Objective: Explain the relationship of criminal justice to general concepts of equity and fairness.
Level: Basic
7) Criminal justice is truth in action within the process of ________.
- administration of justice
- civil justice
- social justice
- civil rights
Answer: A
Page Ref: 10
Objective: Explain the relationship of criminal justice to general concepts of equity and fairness.
Level: Intermediate 3 / 4
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8) Which model assumes that the components of the criminal justice system work together harmoniously to achieve justice?
- The consensus model
- The crime-control model
- The due-process model
- The conflict model
Answer: A
Page Ref: 11
Objective: Describe the American criminal justice system in terms of its three major components and the consensus and conflict models.
Level: Basic
9) The idea of a criminal justice nonsystem, in which different criminal justice agencies are more self-serving and focus more on performance measures than on justice, is the basis of the
________.
- due-process model
- consensus model
- crime-control model
- conflict model
Answer: D
Page Ref: 12
Objective: Describe the American criminal justice system in terms of its three major components and the consensus and conflict models.
Level: Basic
10) A(n) ________ issued by a judge provides the legal basis for the police to apprehend a suspect.
- warrant
- indictment
- arraignment
- hearing
Answer: A
Page Ref: 14
Objective: Describe the process of American criminal justice, including the stages of criminal case processing.
Level: Basic
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