Test Bank For
Introduction to Criminal Justice, 2nd edition Kelly Gorkoff
Chapters 1-11
TRUE/FALSE
1. Communities are integral when it comes to maintaining social order.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.1 Identify and discuss the three main purposes of the Canadian criminal justice
system.
2. The maintenance of justice refers to a more ethical set of ideas in which the system
seeks a balance between punishment and freedom.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.1 Identify and discuss the three main purposes of the Canadian criminal justice
system.
3. Liberal justice means that all arrest, detention, court process, and sentencing must
consider the rights and freedoms granted to an offender.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.1 Identify and discuss the three main purposes of the Canadian criminal justice
system.
4. Only the federal government has the power to create, amend, and repeal Canadian
criminal law.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.2 Recognize which level of government is responsible for which part of the
criminal justice system.
5. The majority of regulatory law is written by elected officials.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 3
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.2 Recognize which level of government is responsible for which part of the
criminal justice syste
,6. The criminal justice system is one that has proven to be fair and just.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
Skill: Applied
LO. 1.2 Recognize which level of government is responsible for which part of the
criminal justice system.
7. Police officers are subject to criminal charges and civil lawsuits for not conducting
themselves according to proper procedure.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.2 Recognize which level of government is responsible for which part of the
criminal justice system.
8. In Canada, juries can give a convicted person a sentence.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.3 Understand and identify the flow of an accused through the system.
9. Government policy seems to be less linked to the research process and research
findings than it was a few decades ago.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 3
Skill: Applied
LO. 1.4 Discuss the three primary objectives of the study of criminal justice.
10. Criminal justice is a stand-alone discipline that is not interdisciplinary.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.4 Discuss the three primary objectives of the study of criminal justice.
11. The discipline of criminal justice at universities and colleges was developed to
answer questions and establish a science of how and why we make laws, why some
people break those laws, and how society does and should respond to law breaking.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.4 Discuss the three primary objectives of the study of criminal justice.
,MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. What are the three main governmental institutions of the criminal justice system?
a. policing, courts, and corrections
b. public, bureaucratic, and ideological
c. crime control, crime prevention, and maintenance of justice
d. federal, provincial, and municipal
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.1 Identify and discuss the three main purposes of the Canadian criminal justice
system.
2. Legislative and physical power used to regulate actions that are legally outlawed is
known as:
a. carceral networks
b. self-policing
c. due process
d. crime control
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.1 Identify and discuss the three main purposes of the Canadian criminal justice
system.
3. Which of the following best defines self-policing?
a. the range of places and spaces that encourage, maintain, and enforce ordered
behaviour
b. legislative and physical power used to regulate actions that are legally outlawed
c. a group of interconnected agencies and networks that encourage practices of
social control and discipline and that develop and maintain numerous strategies
of social control and coercion over the population in all areas of social life
d. independently managing community members‘ behaviour through formal or
informal mechanisms
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.1 Identify and discuss the three main purposes of the Canadian criminal justice
system.
, 4. What perspective is interested in the criminal justice system as part of a broad network
of social control, including disciplinary rules on a wide range of behaviours including
education and intimacy?
a. the Chicago school
b. the carceral network/archipelago
c. crime control
d. victim advocates
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.1 Identify and discuss the three main purposes of the Canadian criminal justice
system.
5. Crime is controlled via ________.
a. policing, courts, and corrections system
b. public, bureaucratic, and ideological system
c. system of crime control, crime prevention, and justice
d. federal, provincial, and municipal systems
Answer: B
Diff: 3
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.1 Identify and discuss the three main purposes of the Canadian criminal justice
system.
6. What distinguishes general deterrence from specific deterrence?
a. General deterrence argues that a broad threat of punishment inhibits acts of
crime whereas specific deterrence argues that security is strengthened by
installing technological mechanisms to prevent crime.
b. General deterrence argues that a broad threat of punishment inhibits acts of
crime whereas specific deterrence argues that the experience of punishment
inhibits individuals from engaging in future criminal acts.
c. General deterrence argues that security is strengthened by installing
technological mechanisms to prevent crime whereas specific deterrence that the
experience of punishment inhibits individuals from engaging in future criminal
acts.
d. General deterrence argues that the experience of punishment inhibits individuals
from engaging in future criminal acts whereas specific deterrence argues that a
broad threat of punishment inhibits acts of crime.
Answer: B
Diff: 3
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.1 Identify and discuss the three main purposes of the Canadian criminal justice
system.
Introduction to Criminal Justice, 2nd edition Kelly Gorkoff
Chapters 1-11
TRUE/FALSE
1. Communities are integral when it comes to maintaining social order.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.1 Identify and discuss the three main purposes of the Canadian criminal justice
system.
2. The maintenance of justice refers to a more ethical set of ideas in which the system
seeks a balance between punishment and freedom.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.1 Identify and discuss the three main purposes of the Canadian criminal justice
system.
3. Liberal justice means that all arrest, detention, court process, and sentencing must
consider the rights and freedoms granted to an offender.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.1 Identify and discuss the three main purposes of the Canadian criminal justice
system.
4. Only the federal government has the power to create, amend, and repeal Canadian
criminal law.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.2 Recognize which level of government is responsible for which part of the
criminal justice system.
5. The majority of regulatory law is written by elected officials.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 3
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.2 Recognize which level of government is responsible for which part of the
criminal justice syste
,6. The criminal justice system is one that has proven to be fair and just.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
Skill: Applied
LO. 1.2 Recognize which level of government is responsible for which part of the
criminal justice system.
7. Police officers are subject to criminal charges and civil lawsuits for not conducting
themselves according to proper procedure.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.2 Recognize which level of government is responsible for which part of the
criminal justice system.
8. In Canada, juries can give a convicted person a sentence.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.3 Understand and identify the flow of an accused through the system.
9. Government policy seems to be less linked to the research process and research
findings than it was a few decades ago.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 3
Skill: Applied
LO. 1.4 Discuss the three primary objectives of the study of criminal justice.
10. Criminal justice is a stand-alone discipline that is not interdisciplinary.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.4 Discuss the three primary objectives of the study of criminal justice.
11. The discipline of criminal justice at universities and colleges was developed to
answer questions and establish a science of how and why we make laws, why some
people break those laws, and how society does and should respond to law breaking.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.4 Discuss the three primary objectives of the study of criminal justice.
,MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. What are the three main governmental institutions of the criminal justice system?
a. policing, courts, and corrections
b. public, bureaucratic, and ideological
c. crime control, crime prevention, and maintenance of justice
d. federal, provincial, and municipal
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.1 Identify and discuss the three main purposes of the Canadian criminal justice
system.
2. Legislative and physical power used to regulate actions that are legally outlawed is
known as:
a. carceral networks
b. self-policing
c. due process
d. crime control
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.1 Identify and discuss the three main purposes of the Canadian criminal justice
system.
3. Which of the following best defines self-policing?
a. the range of places and spaces that encourage, maintain, and enforce ordered
behaviour
b. legislative and physical power used to regulate actions that are legally outlawed
c. a group of interconnected agencies and networks that encourage practices of
social control and discipline and that develop and maintain numerous strategies
of social control and coercion over the population in all areas of social life
d. independently managing community members‘ behaviour through formal or
informal mechanisms
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.1 Identify and discuss the three main purposes of the Canadian criminal justice
system.
, 4. What perspective is interested in the criminal justice system as part of a broad network
of social control, including disciplinary rules on a wide range of behaviours including
education and intimacy?
a. the Chicago school
b. the carceral network/archipelago
c. crime control
d. victim advocates
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.1 Identify and discuss the three main purposes of the Canadian criminal justice
system.
5. Crime is controlled via ________.
a. policing, courts, and corrections system
b. public, bureaucratic, and ideological system
c. system of crime control, crime prevention, and justice
d. federal, provincial, and municipal systems
Answer: B
Diff: 3
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.1 Identify and discuss the three main purposes of the Canadian criminal justice
system.
6. What distinguishes general deterrence from specific deterrence?
a. General deterrence argues that a broad threat of punishment inhibits acts of
crime whereas specific deterrence argues that security is strengthened by
installing technological mechanisms to prevent crime.
b. General deterrence argues that a broad threat of punishment inhibits acts of
crime whereas specific deterrence argues that the experience of punishment
inhibits individuals from engaging in future criminal acts.
c. General deterrence argues that security is strengthened by installing
technological mechanisms to prevent crime whereas specific deterrence that the
experience of punishment inhibits individuals from engaging in future criminal
acts.
d. General deterrence argues that the experience of punishment inhibits individuals
from engaging in future criminal acts whereas specific deterrence argues that a
broad threat of punishment inhibits acts of crime.
Answer: B
Diff: 3
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.1 Identify and discuss the three main purposes of the Canadian criminal justice
system.
