Thomas
2013-02-02 11:11:28 UTC
Quiz One:
1. A concerted national effort to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States is known as
Strategic policing
The homeland security movement
The intelligence model
Crime control
2. The fourth and largest layer of the wedding cake model of the criminal justice system is comprised of
“celebrity” cases
high profile felonies
ordinary felonies
misdemeanors
3. All of the following are considered psychoactive drugs, with the exception of
cocaine
heroin
alcohol
marijuana
4. Which term implies that a majority of citizens agree that certain activities should be defined as crime?
Opinion agreement model
Consensus model
Survey consensus
Public forum
5. Which model assumes that a diverse group of people can share the same morals?
Conflict model
Consensus model
Crime control model
Due process model
6. The crime control model of criminal justice focuses on protecting individuals from the power of the state.
True
False
7. Discretionary decisions lead to the development of the formal criminal justice process.
True
False
8. Which of the following is not one of the goals of the modern criminal justice system?
To control crime
To prevent crime
To provide and maintain justice
To enforce society’s shared moral code
9.Illegal drug use appears to be slowly declining in the United States.
True
False
10.The most frequent type of release from a jail or prison is probation.
True
False
Quiz Two:
1.Social conflict theories view criminal behavior as a result of contact with deviant family and friends.
True
False
2. Trait theories suggest that certain biological or psychological traits can trigger criminal behavior in certain circumstances.
True
False
3. Which of the following is a social process theory?
Social disorganization theory
Strain theory
Labeling theory
Life course theory
4.Which of the following is not a main branch of social process theory?
Labeling theory
Deviance theory
Control theory
Learning theory
5. When considering the relationship between drugs and crime, the systemic model asserts that
individuals act violently or criminally as a result of the drugs they have ingested.
drug abusers commit crimes to get the funds to purchase drugs.
the criminal justice response to drug addicted individuals leads to their repeated offending.
violence is a by-product of the interpersonal relationships within the drug-using community.
An explanation of a happening or circumstance based on observation, experimentation, and reasoning is a
hypothesis.
theory.
utilitarian view.
positivist view.
6. For the positivist, behavior is
the result of a rational decision making process
the result of exposures to family and friends
influenced by the environment surrounding the offender
beyond the control of the individual
7. Social conflict theory includes
a foundation of rational choice.
issues of power and wealth.
the idea that the criminal justice system is out of control.
a focus of community values.
9. In Bentham’s classical criminology, punishment aims to
incapacitate offenders.
rehabilitate offenders.
return the victim to the state they were in before the crime.
give an incentive not to harm people.
10. The criminal model of addiction asserts that drug abusers endanger society with their behavior and should be punished the same as those who commit non-drug-related offenses.
True
False