CJBS 300 FINAL REVIEW QUESTIONS
Faster response time will NOT produce more arrests because - Answers - police are
called to few crimes in progress and in many cases the victim can identify the suspect
because they are acquaintances
The wedding cake model highlights significant differences in case processing within
each layer and consistent patterns in case processing between layers. - Answers -
False
According to the Innocence Project, all but which of the following are primary causes for
wrongful conviction - Answers - rigorous scientific analysis
Research indicates that the most accurate method of predicting chronic offending is the
actuarial approach. - Answers - False
Critics of Ehrlich's death penalty research assert that his formula - Answers - does not
explain trends between the 1930s and 1960s when executions declined while the crime
rate declined or remained stable
Wolfgang's original findings have been confirmed by other cohort studies. - Answers -
true
A reexamination of the funnel effect using more recent BJS data found that this effect
no longer exists. - Answers - FALSE
Other cohort studies have found that - Answers - a small group of offenders accounts
for a high proportion of all crimes by the cohort
To this date, Ehrlich's is the only high quality death penalty research that proves the
death penalty deters murder. - Answers - FALSE
Regarding fourth-layer cases, we are reminded that - Answers - the largest number of
cases in American courts are misdemeanors
One of the consequences of criminal justice practitioners' traditional reliance on good
intentions rather than solid evidence in criminal justice policymaking has been -
Answers - the continuation of expensive but ineffective policies such as DARE
Providing suspects with a Miranda warning results in a net effect of a significant loss of
convictions. - Answers - false
, Liberals typically favor deterrence-oriented policies because they favor prevention. -
Answers - FALSE
What characteristics do cases in the top layer of the wedding cake share? - Answers -
they involve a famous person, a gruesome crime, or result in landmark Supreme Court
rulings
The exclusionary rule was established in which Supreme Court case? - Answers - Mapp
v. Ohio
The conclusion that only 1% of all criminals go to prison is based on the __________
model that visually represents the flow of cases through the system. - Answers - funnel
The Texas death row inmate study relied on the clinical evaluation method of prediction.
- Answers - TRUE
Evidence-based policy originated in - Answers - health care policies
Explaining the crime drop might involve broad changes in behavior that are beyond the
reach of social science to explain - Answers - TRUE
Working together daily, the courtroom work group reaches a general consensus about
how different cases should be handled, which is known as the going rate. - Answers -
TRUE
Crackdowns are an effective strategy that deters drunk driving for a long period of time.
- Answers - false
There is reason to believe that the exclusionary rule has professionalized police. -
Answers - TRUE
The major limitation of the Crime Commission's model that the wedding cake model
addresses is - Answers - the consistent pattern in which similar cases are disposed of
and the significant differences between types of cases
The Innocence Project found that the most frequent contributor to wrongful conviction
was erroneous eyewitness identification - Answers - true
The Kansas City Preventive Patrol experiment proved that the level of police patrol
correlates to a deterrent effect. - Answers - FALSE
Walker proposes that - Answers - a combination of criminal law and alternative
strategies can effectively reduce drunk driving and traffic fatalities
Which of the following statements most accurately summarizes the type of cases within
each layer of the wedding cake? - Answers - the top layer contains celebrated cases,
Faster response time will NOT produce more arrests because - Answers - police are
called to few crimes in progress and in many cases the victim can identify the suspect
because they are acquaintances
The wedding cake model highlights significant differences in case processing within
each layer and consistent patterns in case processing between layers. - Answers -
False
According to the Innocence Project, all but which of the following are primary causes for
wrongful conviction - Answers - rigorous scientific analysis
Research indicates that the most accurate method of predicting chronic offending is the
actuarial approach. - Answers - False
Critics of Ehrlich's death penalty research assert that his formula - Answers - does not
explain trends between the 1930s and 1960s when executions declined while the crime
rate declined or remained stable
Wolfgang's original findings have been confirmed by other cohort studies. - Answers -
true
A reexamination of the funnel effect using more recent BJS data found that this effect
no longer exists. - Answers - FALSE
Other cohort studies have found that - Answers - a small group of offenders accounts
for a high proportion of all crimes by the cohort
To this date, Ehrlich's is the only high quality death penalty research that proves the
death penalty deters murder. - Answers - FALSE
Regarding fourth-layer cases, we are reminded that - Answers - the largest number of
cases in American courts are misdemeanors
One of the consequences of criminal justice practitioners' traditional reliance on good
intentions rather than solid evidence in criminal justice policymaking has been -
Answers - the continuation of expensive but ineffective policies such as DARE
Providing suspects with a Miranda warning results in a net effect of a significant loss of
convictions. - Answers - false
, Liberals typically favor deterrence-oriented policies because they favor prevention. -
Answers - FALSE
What characteristics do cases in the top layer of the wedding cake share? - Answers -
they involve a famous person, a gruesome crime, or result in landmark Supreme Court
rulings
The exclusionary rule was established in which Supreme Court case? - Answers - Mapp
v. Ohio
The conclusion that only 1% of all criminals go to prison is based on the __________
model that visually represents the flow of cases through the system. - Answers - funnel
The Texas death row inmate study relied on the clinical evaluation method of prediction.
- Answers - TRUE
Evidence-based policy originated in - Answers - health care policies
Explaining the crime drop might involve broad changes in behavior that are beyond the
reach of social science to explain - Answers - TRUE
Working together daily, the courtroom work group reaches a general consensus about
how different cases should be handled, which is known as the going rate. - Answers -
TRUE
Crackdowns are an effective strategy that deters drunk driving for a long period of time.
- Answers - false
There is reason to believe that the exclusionary rule has professionalized police. -
Answers - TRUE
The major limitation of the Crime Commission's model that the wedding cake model
addresses is - Answers - the consistent pattern in which similar cases are disposed of
and the significant differences between types of cases
The Innocence Project found that the most frequent contributor to wrongful conviction
was erroneous eyewitness identification - Answers - true
The Kansas City Preventive Patrol experiment proved that the level of police patrol
correlates to a deterrent effect. - Answers - FALSE
Walker proposes that - Answers - a combination of criminal law and alternative
strategies can effectively reduce drunk driving and traffic fatalities
Which of the following statements most accurately summarizes the type of cases within
each layer of the wedding cake? - Answers - the top layer contains celebrated cases,
