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CRIM 1010 Final Exam questions withcorrect answers
The criminal justice system has the goals to do the following: - correct answer ✔✔- Meet justice
expectations
- Maintain social control
Which part of the criminal justice system investigates crime and apprehends suspected criminals? -
correct answer ✔✔Law enforcement
What component of the criminal justice system applies and interprets laws for suspected and charged
criminals? - correct answer ✔✔Courts
Who is often missing from the criminal justice road map? - correct answer ✔✔Victim
The correctional system supervises more than six million adults. - correct answer ✔✔True
Gender and race do not impact the imprisonment rate of adults - correct answer ✔✔False
According to deterrence theory, general deterrence is to prevent the individual offender from
reoffending by punishment, while specific deterrence is to prevent the general public from committing
crime by showing them how individual offenders are punished. - correct answer ✔✔False
The deterrence policies are based on the assumption that individuals make rational choice regarding
their behavior - correct answer ✔✔True
Which perspective on criminal justice focuses on fostering prosocial change on the part of convicted
people (change individuals' thinking and behavior) while under the control of the government? - correct
answer ✔✔Rehabilitation
, According to the Wedding Cake Model of justice, which layer consists of the majority of cases of crime
that are least serious and nonviolent and are typically resolved through plea bargaining rather than a
trial? - correct answer ✔✔Layer four: misdemeanors
Wedding Cake Model of Justice - correct answer ✔✔Layer 1: Celebrated Cases
Layer 2: Serious Felonies
Layer 3: Less Serious Felonies
Layer 4: Misdemeanors
The Uniform Crime Reports, Supplementary Homicide Reports, and National Incident-Based Reporting
System contain crime data collected by the: - correct answer ✔✔FBI
Rape, robbery, and burglary are examples of ______ crimes in the Uniform Crime Reports. - correct
answer ✔✔Part 1
The dark figure of crime refers to: - correct answer ✔✔crimes that do not come to the attention of the
police
______ theories of crime propose that crime is a free-willed choice. - correct answer ✔✔Classical
The U.S. legal tradition arose from: - correct answer ✔✔English common law
Mens rea refers to - correct answer ✔✔"the guilty mind" to show criminal intent
______ requires that the guilty act and the guilty mind occurred simultaneously to establish a crime. -
correct answer ✔✔Concurrence
In criminal cases, the elements of a crime must be proven _____ in order to convict the accused. -
correct answer ✔✔beyond a reasonable doubt
In most cases, a misdemeanor is punished by: - correct answer ✔✔fine or imprisonment for less than a
year
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