Test Bank for Criminal Justice: An Introduction, 14th edition by Frank Schmalleger
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Complete Test Bank for Criminal Justice: An Introduction, 14th edition 14e by Frank Schmalleger. Full Chapters test bank are included with answers (Chap 1 to 14).
What Is Criminal Justice?
The Crime Picture
Criminal Law
Policing: Agencies and Structure
Policing: Purpose and Organization
Pol...
Test Bank Criminal Justice: An Introduction, 14th edition Schmalleger
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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?
A) An increase in street crime
B) A rise in terrorist incidents
C) A wave of organized criminal activity
D) 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?
A) Reported crime decreased dramatically.
B) Reported crime increased dramatically.
C) Reported crime remained stable.
D) 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 ________.
A) social justice
B) individual accountability
C) due process
D) the consensus model
Answer: B
Page Ref: 5
Objective: Summarize the history of crime in America and corresponding changes in the
American criminal justice system.
Level: Intermediate
1
,4) Which of the following would support the protection of personal freedoms and civil rights?
A) Crime-control advocates
B) States'-rights advocates
C) Public-order advocates
D) 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) ________.
A) due-process advocate
B) individual-rights advocate
C) civil justice advocate
D) 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.
A) Public order advocacy
B) Vigilante justice
C) Social justice
D) 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 ________.
A) administration of justice
B) civil justice
C) social justice
D) civil rights
Answer: A
Page Ref: 10
Objective: Explain the relationship of criminal justice to general concepts of equity and
fairness.
Level: Intermediate
2
,8) Which model assumes that the components of the criminal justice system work together
harmoniously to achieve justice?
A) The consensus model
B) The crime-control model
C) The due-process model
D) 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
________.
A) due-process model
B) consensus model
C) crime-control model
D) 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.
A) warrant
B) indictment
C) arraignment
D) hearing
Answer: A
Page Ref: 14
Objective: Describe the process of American criminal justice, including the stages of criminal
case processing.
Level: Basic
3
, 11) During which stage in the criminal justice process are suspects photographed and
fingerprinted?
A) Arraignment
B) Booking
C) Preliminary hearing
D) Indictment
Answer: B
Page Ref: 14
Objective: Describe the process of American criminal justice, including the stages of criminal
case processing.
Level: Basic
12) During the ________, the judge may provide an opportunity for bail.
A) adjudication
B) preliminary hearing
C) first appearance
D) indictment
Answer: C
Page Ref: 15
Objective: Describe the process of American criminal justice, including the stages of criminal
case processing.
Level: Basic
13) At the preliminary hearing, the judge will ________.
A) decide whether the case should go to trial
B) ask the defendant to enter a plea
C) tell the suspects of the charges against them
D) seek to determine whether there is probable cause
Answer: D
Page Ref: 15
Objective: Describe the process of American criminal justice, including the stages of criminal
case processing.
Level: Basic
14) Due process refers to ________.
A) multiculturalism
B) evidence-based practices
C) adversarial justice
D) procedural fairness
Answer: B
Page Ref: 15
Objective: Define due process of law, including how the American legal system guarantees due
process.
Level: Basic
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