Test Bank For Criminal Justice in America 8th Edition by George F. Cole
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Criminal Justice - Test Bank
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Criminal Justice - Test Bank
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1. In the United States, criminal laws dictate punishments for those who violate the terms of a contract with another individual.
ANSWER:
REFERENCES: LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KEYWORDS:
a. True
b. False
False
Foundations of Criminal Law
CJIA.COSM.16.03.01 - Identify the bases and so...
1. One of the principles of “doing justice” involves protecting the rights of the accused.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: The Goals of Criminal Justice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CJIA.COSM.16.01.01 - Name the goals of the criminal justice system.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
2. Crime prevention depends on the actions of police and citizens.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: The Goals of Criminal Justice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CJIA.COSM.16.01.01 - Name the goals of the criminal justice system.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
3. The concept of citizen’s arrest grants citizens the same authority to enforce the law as police officers.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: The Goals of Criminal Justice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CJIA.COSM.16.01.01 - Name the goals of the criminal justice system.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
4. The concept of federalism involves the division of power between a central (national) government and regional (state)
governments.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Criminal Justice in a Federal System
LEARNING OBJECTIVE CJIA.COSM.16.01.02 - Identify the different responsibilities of federal and state criminal justice
S: operations.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
5. Most criminal laws are written by state legislatures but enforced by federal agencies.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Criminal Justice in a Federal System
LEARNING OBJECTIVE CJIA.COSM.16.01.02 - Identify the different responsibilities of federal and state criminal justice
S: operations.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
6. Federal authorities handle fewer cases annually than state and local authorities.
a. True
, b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Criminal Justice in a Federal System
LEARNING OBJECTIVE CJIA.COSM.16.01.02 - Identify the different responsibilities of federal and state criminal justice
S: operations.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
7. Congress has consistently refused to expand the powers of the FBI since the agency’s creation.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Criminal Justice in a Federal System
LEARNING OBJECTIVE CJIA.COSM.16.01.02 - Identify the different responsibilities of federal and state criminal justice
S: operations.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
8. Jurisdiction typically goes to the FBI where stolen property has been moved across state lines.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Criminal Justice in a Federal System
LEARNING OBJECTIVE CJIA.COSM.16.01.02 - Identify the different responsibilities of federal and state criminal justice
S: operations.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
9. Police departments are most often run by local government.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Criminal Justice in a Federal System
LEARNING OBJECTIVE CJIA.COSM.16.01.02 - Identify the different responsibilities of federal and state criminal justice
S: operations.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
10. The subsystems of the criminal justice system act independently of each other.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Criminal Justice as a Social System
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CJIA.COSM.16.01.03 - Analyze criminal justice from a systems perspective.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
11. Plea bargaining is an example of an exchange relationship in the criminal justice system.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Criminal Justice as a Social System
, LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CJIA.COSM.16.01.03 - Analyze criminal justice from a systems perspective.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
12. Criminal justice is a system whose components—police, courts, corrections—are compartmentalized and therefore
exert little or no influence on each other.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Criminal Justice as a Social System
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CJIA.COSM.16.01.03 - Analyze criminal justice from a systems perspective.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
13. Judges are the only actors in the criminal justice system who have discretion.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Criminal Justice as a Social System
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CJIA.COSM.16.01.03 - Analyze criminal justice from a systems perspective.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
14. Criminal justice agencies are self-sufficient; that is, they generate their own funding and are not dependent upon
outside financial sources.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Criminal Justice as a Social System
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CJIA.COSM.16.01.03 - Analyze criminal justice from a systems perspective.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
15. Over 80 percent of criminal defendants who reach the trial stage will be convicted.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Criminal Justice as a Social System
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CJIA.COSM.16.01.03 - Analyze criminal justice from a systems perspective.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
16. The filtering process refers to the authority to make decisions based on one’s own judgment.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Criminal Justice as a Social System
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CJIA.COSM.16.01.03 - Analyze criminal justice from a systems perspective.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
17. A police officer who is providing emergency first aid after an automobile accident is engaging in the duty of “keeping
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