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• As discussed in your textbook, the list of calls for police service in Long Beach, California, shows which type of call for

service to be the most common?

• burglar alarms
• parking violations
• violent offenses
• prisoner transportation

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge

Level: Basic

Topic: Crime in the United States

• As an institution of social control, criminal justice differs from the family, schools, organized religion, the media, and the law

in that it

• requires society to abide by passive social values.
• exists as a single system.
• is generally society’s “last line of defense.”
• is usually used along with other institutions of social control.

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension

Level: Moderate

Topic: Crime in the United States

• Like the family, schools, organized religion, the media, and the law, criminal justice is a(n)
• institution of social control.
• private response to crime.
• informal method of social control.
• subtle social control.

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Level: Basic

Topic: Criminal Justice: An Institution of Social Control

• American criminal justice consists of three main agencies. Which of the following is NOT one of those three main agencies?
• corrections
• prisons
• police
• courts

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge

Level: Basic

Topic: Criminal Justice: The System

• Which of the following types of offenses is punishable by death in the United States?
• libel
• a misdemeanor
• slander
• a felony

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Level: Basic

Topic: Criminal Justice: The System

• The term “jurisdiction,” as used in your text, means
• the specific location in which a court is located.
• the loose confederation of prisons and jails around the country.
• a politically defined geographical area.
• the system of rank and hierarchy within police agencies.

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Level: Basic

Topic: Criminal Justice: The System

• Often, an arrest supported by ________ and ________ is sufficient to close a case, especially with a less serious crime.
• witness statements; crime scene evidence
• media coverage; jurisdiction
• crime scene evidence; media coverage
• witness statements; jurisdiction

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension

Level: Moderate

Topic: Criminal Justice: The System

• After an arrest has been made, the suspect is brought to the police station to be
• incarcerated.
• booked.
• interrogated.
• tried.

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Level: Basic

Topic: Criminal Justice: The System

• The booking process typically involves
• entering a suspect’s charge in the police blotter.
• entering a suspect’s name in the police blotter.
• entering a suspect’s fingerprints or photograph in the police blotter.
• All of the answers are correct.

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension

Level: Moderate

Topic: Criminal Justice: The System

• A suspect becomes a defendant after
• a grand jury issues a no bill against the suspect.
• a complaint has been made.
• an absence of probable cause has been established.
• a formal notice of charge is given.

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Level: Moderate

Topic: Criminal Justice: The System

• In the case of a misdemeanor or an ordinance violation, a(n) ________ may be held.
• summary trial
• information
• arrest warrant
• grand jury

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Level: Basic

Topic: Criminal Justice: The System

• The purpose of ________ is for a judge to determine whether there is probable cause to believe that the defendant committed

the crime or crimes with which he or she is charged.

• a preliminary hearing
• an indictment
• an arraignment
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Level: Basic

Topic: Criminal Justice: The System

• The primary purpose of a(n) ________ is to hear the formal information or indictment and to allow the defendant to enter a

plea.

• preliminary hearing
• indictment
• arraignment
• initial appearance

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Level: Basic

Topic: Criminal Justice: The System

• About ________ of criminal defendants plead guilty to the charges against them in an arrangement called plea bargaining.
• 95 percent
• 75 percent
• 50 percent
• 25 percent

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Level: Basic

Topic: Criminal Justice: The System

• Cases that are not resolved through plea bargaining or by a jury trial are decided by a judge in a(n)
• grand jury.
• indictment.
• bench trial.
• arraignment.

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Level: Basic

Topic: Criminal Justice: The System

• The primary purpose of arraignment is to
• outline the formal charge or charges against the defendant.
• allow the defendant to enter a plea.
• determine whether there is probable cause.
• ensure that the defendant will appear at a later stage in the criminal justice process.

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension

Level: Moderate

Topic: Criminal Justice: The System

• Currently, five general types of punishment are in use in the United States. Which of the following is NOT one of these

punishments?

• probation
• transportation
• intermediate punishments
• death

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Level: Basic

Topic: Criminal Justice: The System

• Defendants can appeal their convictions on legal grounds. Which of the following is NOT one of the legal grounds described

in your textbook?

• mistaken interpretations of law
• defects in jury selection 3 / 4

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• improper admission of evidence at trial
• illegal search and seizure

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Level: Moderate

Topic: Criminal Justice: The System

• Defendants can appeal their convictions on constitutional grounds. Which of the following is NOT one of the constitutional

grounds described in your textbook?

• freedom of speech and public assembly
• incompetent assistance of counsel
• improper questioning of the defendant by the police
• identification of the defendant through a defective police lineup

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Level: Moderate

Topic: Criminal Justice: The System

• Which of the following statements is true of parole?
• It is unconditional in nature.
• It is given before prisoners have served their full sentences.
• It includes modifying the verdict of a lower court and reversing it.
• It is granted, by default, by all jurisdictions in the United States.

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Level: Moderate

Topic: Criminal Justice: The System

• In the United States, the states that do not utilize preliminary hearings schedule an arraignment date at the ________.
• initial appearance
• summary trial
• stage of booking
• stage of arrest

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Level: Basic

Topic: Criminal Justice: The System

• Because there is considerable conflict and confusion between different agencies of criminal justice, an accurate way of

defining American criminal justice may be to call it

• a system.
• a nonsystem.
• extremely uniform.
• smoothly operating.

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Level: Basic

Topic: Criminal Justice: The Nonsystem

• Criminal justice officials frequently complained that their jobs were made ________ because of the practice, once common in

many states, of sealing juvenile court records.

• less complicated
• more difficult
• easier
• more interesting

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Level: Basic

Topic: Criminal Justice: The Nonsystem

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