CCJS 100 Exam 1
Questions & Answers
What is the bottom layer of the wedding cake model? - ANSWERSMisdemeanors
Offenses that are wrong by their very nature - ANSWERSMala in Se
Offenses that are wrong because they are prohibited - ANSWERSMala Prohibita
Doing Justice, Controlling Crime, Preventing Crime - ANSWERSPurposes of Criminal Justice
A system of government in which power is divided between a central government and regional
governments. - ANSWERSFederalism
the authority making decisions based on their own judgement - ANSWERSDiscretion
What are the subsystems of the criminal justice system? - ANSWERSPolice, courts, and
corrections
Major characteristics of the criminal justice system? - ANSWERSDiscretion, resource
dependence, sequential tasks, filtering.
A separate judicial system for each state in addition to a national system - ANSWERSDual court
system
What is a challenge of corrections? - ANSWERSOvercrowding
, A document charging an individual with a specific crime - ANSWERSindictment
Crimes that earn a maximum of one year in jail - ANSWERSMisdemeanors
Crimes that earn a minimum of one year in prison - ANSWERSFelonies
Crimes that involve an exchange of illegal goods or services that are in strong demand. -
ANSWERSVictimless crimes
NCVS repots are used to highlight what? - ANSWERSDark-figure of crime
Statistical date reported from each police department to the FBI - ANSWERSUniformed Crime
Reports (UCR)
School of criminology that views behaviors as a result of free will and weighing costs and
benefits - ANSWERSClassical school
Social, biological, and psychological factors are apart of which school of criminology? -
ANSWERSPositivist criminology
When people are born criminals they are ...? - ANSWERSCriminogenic
Theory explaining why criminal behavior is related to social structure? - ANSWERSSocial
structure theory
Theory explaining how family makes people criminal. - ANSWERSTheory of differential
association
Questions & Answers
What is the bottom layer of the wedding cake model? - ANSWERSMisdemeanors
Offenses that are wrong by their very nature - ANSWERSMala in Se
Offenses that are wrong because they are prohibited - ANSWERSMala Prohibita
Doing Justice, Controlling Crime, Preventing Crime - ANSWERSPurposes of Criminal Justice
A system of government in which power is divided between a central government and regional
governments. - ANSWERSFederalism
the authority making decisions based on their own judgement - ANSWERSDiscretion
What are the subsystems of the criminal justice system? - ANSWERSPolice, courts, and
corrections
Major characteristics of the criminal justice system? - ANSWERSDiscretion, resource
dependence, sequential tasks, filtering.
A separate judicial system for each state in addition to a national system - ANSWERSDual court
system
What is a challenge of corrections? - ANSWERSOvercrowding
, A document charging an individual with a specific crime - ANSWERSindictment
Crimes that earn a maximum of one year in jail - ANSWERSMisdemeanors
Crimes that earn a minimum of one year in prison - ANSWERSFelonies
Crimes that involve an exchange of illegal goods or services that are in strong demand. -
ANSWERSVictimless crimes
NCVS repots are used to highlight what? - ANSWERSDark-figure of crime
Statistical date reported from each police department to the FBI - ANSWERSUniformed Crime
Reports (UCR)
School of criminology that views behaviors as a result of free will and weighing costs and
benefits - ANSWERSClassical school
Social, biological, and psychological factors are apart of which school of criminology? -
ANSWERSPositivist criminology
When people are born criminals they are ...? - ANSWERSCriminogenic
Theory explaining why criminal behavior is related to social structure? - ANSWERSSocial
structure theory
Theory explaining how family makes people criminal. - ANSWERSTheory of differential
association
