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As an institution of social C. is generally society's "last line of defense."
control, criminal justice
differs from the family,
schools, organized
religion, the media, and
the law in that it
A. requires society to
abide by passive social
values.
B. exists as a single
system.
C. is generally society's
"last line of defense."
D. is usually used along
with other institutions of
social control.
,Like the family, schools, A. institution of social control.
organized religion, the
media, and the law,
criminal justice is a(n)
A. institution of social
control.
B. private response to
crime.
C. informal method of
social control.
D. subtle social control.
American criminal justice B. prisons
consists of three main
agencies. Which of the
following is NOT one of
those three main
agencies?
A. corrections
B. prisons
C. police
D. courts
Which of the following D. a felony
types of offenses may be
punishable by death in the
United States?
A. libel
B. a misdemeanor
C. slander
D. a felony
,The term "jurisdiction," as C. a politically defined geographical area.
used in your text, means
A. the specific location in
which a court is located.
B. the loose confederation
of prisons and jails around
the country.
C. a politically defined
geographical area.
D. the system of rank and
hierarchy within police
agencies.
During which of the B. Booking
following stages is an
administrative record of
an arrest made?
A. Initial appearance
B. Booking
C. Preliminary hearing
D. Arraignment
A suspect becomes a D. one or more charges have been filed.
defendant after
A. a grand jury issues a no
bill against the suspect.
B. a complaint has been
made.
C. an absence of probable
cause has been
established.
D. one or more charges
have been filed.
, The purpose of a(n) ________ A. preliminary hearing
is for a judge to determine
whether there is probable
cause to believe that the
defendant committed the
crime or crimes with which
he or she is charged.
A. preliminary hearing
B. indictment
C. arraignment
D. initial appearance
The primary purpose of C. arraignment
a(n) ________ is to hear the
formal information or
indictment and to allow
the defendant to enter a
plea.
A. preliminary hearing
B. indictment
C. arraignment
D. initial appearance
About ________ of criminal A. 95 percent
defendants plead guilty to
the charges against them
in an arrangement called
plea bargaining.
A. 95 percent
B. 75 percent
C. 50 percent
D. 25 percent