LRA 225 WEEK 1 EXAMPREP UPDATED
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
●● Discretion
Answer: A criminal justice professional's ability to use their professional
judgement over
rules regarding decision making (10).
●● Deviance
Answer: Behaviors that violate society's expectations, standards or
values (19).
●● Victimology
Answer: The study of why persons or entities become victims of crime
(7).
●● Morality
Answer: Judgments about what behaviors or actions societies or
individuals as good or bad. Morality may also be viewed as an ongoing
process in which society or individuals continually reflect on norms,
values, and standards when determining the best solution to a dilemma
(15).
,●● Jurisprudence
Answer: The academic and philosophical study of the law.
●● Criminology
Answer: The scientific study of crime trends, the nature of crime, and
explanations for
why persons commit crimes (7).
●● Empiricism
Answer: The notion that answers to questions should be grounded in the
collection and analysis of data (50).
●● Criminal Justice
Answer: The study of society's response to crime, including crime
prevention and the work of the criminal justice system (6).
●● emergency management
Answer: The study of preparation for, response to, and recovery from
disaster or crisis situations (7).
●● forensic science
, Answer: The application of scientific principles to cases progressing
through the legal system, generally to aid in investigations and to
prepare evidence for trials (7).
●● homeland security
Answer: The identification of and response to threats to national
security, with a particular emphasis on terrorism (7).
●● law and legal studies
Answer: The study of legal issues in law school or prelaw programs of
which criminal law is one component. Also included are civil law,
constitutional law, jurisprudence, legal research, philosophy of law, and
more (7).
●● security administration
Answer: The identification and management of risk in public,
commercial, or residential settings. This provides the basis for the
private security industry (7).
●● criminal justice system
Answer: The collection of criminal justice agencies (e.g., police, courts,
corrections) and how they are structured to work together in processing
criminal cases (9).
●● Profession
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
●● Discretion
Answer: A criminal justice professional's ability to use their professional
judgement over
rules regarding decision making (10).
●● Deviance
Answer: Behaviors that violate society's expectations, standards or
values (19).
●● Victimology
Answer: The study of why persons or entities become victims of crime
(7).
●● Morality
Answer: Judgments about what behaviors or actions societies or
individuals as good or bad. Morality may also be viewed as an ongoing
process in which society or individuals continually reflect on norms,
values, and standards when determining the best solution to a dilemma
(15).
,●● Jurisprudence
Answer: The academic and philosophical study of the law.
●● Criminology
Answer: The scientific study of crime trends, the nature of crime, and
explanations for
why persons commit crimes (7).
●● Empiricism
Answer: The notion that answers to questions should be grounded in the
collection and analysis of data (50).
●● Criminal Justice
Answer: The study of society's response to crime, including crime
prevention and the work of the criminal justice system (6).
●● emergency management
Answer: The study of preparation for, response to, and recovery from
disaster or crisis situations (7).
●● forensic science
, Answer: The application of scientific principles to cases progressing
through the legal system, generally to aid in investigations and to
prepare evidence for trials (7).
●● homeland security
Answer: The identification of and response to threats to national
security, with a particular emphasis on terrorism (7).
●● law and legal studies
Answer: The study of legal issues in law school or prelaw programs of
which criminal law is one component. Also included are civil law,
constitutional law, jurisprudence, legal research, philosophy of law, and
more (7).
●● security administration
Answer: The identification and management of risk in public,
commercial, or residential settings. This provides the basis for the
private security industry (7).
●● criminal justice system
Answer: The collection of criminal justice agencies (e.g., police, courts,
corrections) and how they are structured to work together in processing
criminal cases (9).
●● Profession
