Test Bank FOR INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE, 8E ROBERT M. BOHM
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE - TEST BANK
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE - TEST BANK
Chapter 03
Explaining Crime
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of the following is a product of the Enlightenment period, or the Age of Reason, a period of history that began in the early 1500s and lasted until the late 1700s? A. classical theory B. biological positivis...
,Chapter 01 - Crime and Justice in the United States
Chapter 01
Crime and Justice in the United States
Multiple Choice Questions
1. According to a 2006 ABCNEWS.com survey, approximately what percentage of Americans
who perceive a crime problem nationally say their belief is based on crime reports they have
seen on the news?
A. 20%
B. 40%
C. 60%
D. 80%
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Level: Moderate
Topic: Crime in the United States
2. As discussed in your textbook, the list of calls for police service in Long Beach, California,
shows which call for service to be most common?
A. burglar alarms
B. parking violations
C. violent offenses
D. disturbances
Bloom's Taxonomy: Application
Level: Basic
Topic: Crime in the United States
,Chapter 01 - Crime and Justice in the United States
3. Approximately how many hours a day does the average American spend in front of the
television, according to a 2009 study by Ball State University's Center for Media Design?
A. 2
B. 5
C. 8
D. 12
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Level: Moderate
Topic: Crime in the United States
4. Critics of the American media argue that the news media have a dual obligation to
A. present news that reflects a higher focus on international crime than on domestic crime and
maintain their presentation of sensational crimes.
B. present news that reflects a more balanced picture of the overall crime problem and
increase their presentation of sensational crimes.
C. present news that reflects a more balanced picture of the overall crime problem and reduce
their presentation of sensational crimes.
D. present news that reflects a higher focus on international crime than on domestic crime and
reduce their presentation of sensational crimes.
Bloom's Taxonomy: Analysis
Level: Moderate
Topic: Crime in the United States
5. Like the family, schools, organized religion, the media, and the law, criminal justice is a(n)
A. institution of social control.
B. private response to crime.
C. informal method of social control.
D. subtle social control.
Bloom's Taxonomy: Analysis
Level: Basic
Topic: Criminal Justice: An Institution of Social Control
, Chapter 01 - Crime and Justice in the United States
6. According to a 2010 public opinion poll, approximately what percentage of Americans
responded that they had a "great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in the criminal justice
system?
A. 5%
B. 25%
C. 50%
D. 75%
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Level: Moderate
Topic: Criminal Justice: An Institution of Social Control
7. American criminal justice consists of three main agencies. Which of the following is NOT
one of those three main agencies?
A. corrections
B. prisons
C. police
D. courts
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Level: Basic
Topic: Criminal Justice: The System
8. Approximately how many agencies of federal, state, and local governments comprise
criminal justice in the United States?
A. 50
B. 500
C. 5,000
D. 50,000
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Level: Basic
Topic: Criminal Justice: The System
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