CJBS 300 MIDTERM REVIEW QUESTIONS
The factor that differentiates second and third layer felonies is the frequency with the
courtroom workgroup sees cases in the different layers as similar in other ways. -
Answers - ANSWER: FALSE
The Crime Commission's Model - Answers - ANSWER: Emphasizes the
interrelationships among agencies and the ways decisions at one point in the system
affect decisions at other points.
In terms of the theoretical causes of crime which statement most accurately reflects
liberal and conservative theology? - Answers - ANSWER: Conservatives believe in
rational choice and low self control; whereas, liberals believe in peer influence and
economic opportunity
The Cambridge-Somerville youth study and scared straight are examples of: - Answers
- ANSWER: well-intentioned treatment that can cause harm in the absence of research
evidence on effectiveness
The innocence project found that the most frequent contributor to wrongful conviction
was erroneous eyewitness identification: - Answers - ANSWER: True
The conclusion that only 1% of all criminals go to prison is based on the BLANK model
that visually represents the flow of cases through the system: - Answers - ANSWER:
Funnel
Explaining the crime drop might involve broad changes in behavior that are beyond the
reach of social science to explain - Answers - answer: TRUE
Which of the following statements most accurately summarizes the type of cases within
each layer of the wedding cake - Answers - Answer: the top layer contains celebrated
cases, the second layer contains serious felonies, the third layer contains less serious
felonies, and the bottom layer contains misdemeanors
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 -
ANSWER: True
The wedding cake model highlights significant differences in case processing within
each layer and consistent patterns in case processing between layers: - Answers -
ANSWER: False
, Scared straight programs are designed to deter by provoking fear in order to make
crime seem more costly than beneficial to juveniles - Answers - Answer: TRUE
Liberals typically favor deterrence oriented policies because they favor prevention. -
Answers - ANSWER: FALSE
The Kansas City Preventive Patrol experiment proved that the level of police patrol
correlates to a deterrent effect - Answers - Answer: False
Wolfgang's original findings have been confirmed by other cohort studies - Answers -
TRUE
Select the most accurate statement from the following list - Answers - NONE OF THE
ABOVE
The exclusionary rule was established in which supreme court case? - Answers - MAPP
V OHIO
Traffic fatality trends reveal that: - Answers - the motor vehicle death rate has declined
since 1927 including 37% decline between 2003 and 2011
Critics of Ehrlichs death penalty research assert that his formula: - Answers - Does not
explain trends between the 1930s and 1960s when executions declined while the crime
rate declines or remained stable.
Prevalence of criminality refers to participation in crime while persistence refers to
continuing criminal activity - Answers - TRUE
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.
faster response time - Answers - Faster response time makes a difference in a small
number of cases like rare commercial robberies.
PROPOSITON 7: Faster response time will not produce more arrests or lower the crime
rate.
only about 30 percent of all patrol dispatches involve any criminal activity, and some
studies put the figure as low as 17 percent. 75 percent of these crime related calls
involve "cold" crimes. typically it is a burglary that occurred many hours previously and
the offender is long gone. The remaining crime related calls are termed involvement
crimes, meaning that a confrontation exists between the victim and a suspect. They
represent only 25 percent of crime related calls and only 7.5 percent of all patrol
dispatches.
Crackdown in drunk driving - Answers - evidence suggests that deterrence in drunk
driving is extremely difficult.
The factor that differentiates second and third layer felonies is the frequency with the
courtroom workgroup sees cases in the different layers as similar in other ways. -
Answers - ANSWER: FALSE
The Crime Commission's Model - Answers - ANSWER: Emphasizes the
interrelationships among agencies and the ways decisions at one point in the system
affect decisions at other points.
In terms of the theoretical causes of crime which statement most accurately reflects
liberal and conservative theology? - Answers - ANSWER: Conservatives believe in
rational choice and low self control; whereas, liberals believe in peer influence and
economic opportunity
The Cambridge-Somerville youth study and scared straight are examples of: - Answers
- ANSWER: well-intentioned treatment that can cause harm in the absence of research
evidence on effectiveness
The innocence project found that the most frequent contributor to wrongful conviction
was erroneous eyewitness identification: - Answers - ANSWER: True
The conclusion that only 1% of all criminals go to prison is based on the BLANK model
that visually represents the flow of cases through the system: - Answers - ANSWER:
Funnel
Explaining the crime drop might involve broad changes in behavior that are beyond the
reach of social science to explain - Answers - answer: TRUE
Which of the following statements most accurately summarizes the type of cases within
each layer of the wedding cake - Answers - Answer: the top layer contains celebrated
cases, the second layer contains serious felonies, the third layer contains less serious
felonies, and the bottom layer contains misdemeanors
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 -
ANSWER: True
The wedding cake model highlights significant differences in case processing within
each layer and consistent patterns in case processing between layers: - Answers -
ANSWER: False
, Scared straight programs are designed to deter by provoking fear in order to make
crime seem more costly than beneficial to juveniles - Answers - Answer: TRUE
Liberals typically favor deterrence oriented policies because they favor prevention. -
Answers - ANSWER: FALSE
The Kansas City Preventive Patrol experiment proved that the level of police patrol
correlates to a deterrent effect - Answers - Answer: False
Wolfgang's original findings have been confirmed by other cohort studies - Answers -
TRUE
Select the most accurate statement from the following list - Answers - NONE OF THE
ABOVE
The exclusionary rule was established in which supreme court case? - Answers - MAPP
V OHIO
Traffic fatality trends reveal that: - Answers - the motor vehicle death rate has declined
since 1927 including 37% decline between 2003 and 2011
Critics of Ehrlichs death penalty research assert that his formula: - Answers - Does not
explain trends between the 1930s and 1960s when executions declined while the crime
rate declines or remained stable.
Prevalence of criminality refers to participation in crime while persistence refers to
continuing criminal activity - Answers - TRUE
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.
faster response time - Answers - Faster response time makes a difference in a small
number of cases like rare commercial robberies.
PROPOSITON 7: Faster response time will not produce more arrests or lower the crime
rate.
only about 30 percent of all patrol dispatches involve any criminal activity, and some
studies put the figure as low as 17 percent. 75 percent of these crime related calls
involve "cold" crimes. typically it is a burglary that occurred many hours previously and
the offender is long gone. The remaining crime related calls are termed involvement
crimes, meaning that a confrontation exists between the victim and a suspect. They
represent only 25 percent of crime related calls and only 7.5 percent of all patrol
dispatches.
Crackdown in drunk driving - Answers - evidence suggests that deterrence in drunk
driving is extremely difficult.
