Criminal Justice in America 8th Edition by George F. Cole - Test Bank

,True / False

1. One of the principles of “doing justice” involves protecting the rights of the accused.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: The Goals of Criminal Justice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CJIA.COSM.16.01.01 - Name the goals of the criminal justice system.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

2. Crime prevention depends on the actions of police and citizens.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: The Goals of Criminal Justice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CJIA.COSM.16.01.01 - Name the goals of the criminal justice system.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

3. The concept of citizen’s arrest grants citizens the same authority to enforce the law as police officers.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: The Goals of Criminal Justice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CJIA.COSM.16.01.01 - Name the goals of the criminal justice system.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

4. The concept of federalism involves the division of power between a central (national) government and regional (state)
governments.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Criminal Justice in a Federal System
LEARNING OBJECTIVE CJIA.COSM.16.01.02 - Identify the different responsibilities of federal and state criminal justice
S: operations.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

5. Most criminal laws are written by state legislatures but enforced by federal agencies.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Criminal Justice in a Federal System
LEARNING OBJECTIVE CJIA.COSM.16.01.02 - Identify the different responsibilities of federal and state criminal justice
S: operations.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

6. Federal authorities handle fewer cases annually than state and local authorities.
a. True

, b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Criminal Justice in a Federal System
LEARNING OBJECTIVE CJIA.COSM.16.01.02 - Identify the different responsibilities of federal and state criminal justice
S: operations.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

7. Congress has consistently refused to expand the powers of the FBI since the agency’s creation.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Criminal Justice in a Federal System
LEARNING OBJECTIVE CJIA.COSM.16.01.02 - Identify the different responsibilities of federal and state criminal justice
S: operations.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

8. Jurisdiction typically goes to the FBI where stolen property has been moved across state lines.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Criminal Justice in a Federal System
LEARNING OBJECTIVE CJIA.COSM.16.01.02 - Identify the different responsibilities of federal and state criminal justice
S: operations.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

9. Police departments are most often run by local government.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Criminal Justice in a Federal System
LEARNING OBJECTIVE CJIA.COSM.16.01.02 - Identify the different responsibilities of federal and state criminal justice
S: operations.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

10. The subsystems of the criminal justice system act independently of each other.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Criminal Justice as a Social System
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CJIA.COSM.16.01.03 - Analyze criminal justice from a systems perspective.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

11. Plea bargaining is an example of an exchange relationship in the criminal justice system.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Criminal Justice as a Social System

, LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CJIA.COSM.16.01.03 - Analyze criminal justice from a systems perspective.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

12. Criminal justice is a system whose components—police, courts, corrections—are compartmentalized and therefore
exert little or no influence on each other.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Criminal Justice as a Social System
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CJIA.COSM.16.01.03 - Analyze criminal justice from a systems perspective.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

13. Judges are the only actors in the criminal justice system who have discretion.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Criminal Justice as a Social System
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CJIA.COSM.16.01.03 - Analyze criminal justice from a systems perspective.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

14. Criminal justice agencies are self-sufficient; that is, they generate their own funding and are not dependent upon
outside financial sources.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Criminal Justice as a Social System
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CJIA.COSM.16.01.03 - Analyze criminal justice from a systems perspective.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

15. Over 80 percent of criminal defendants who reach the trial stage will be convicted.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Criminal Justice as a Social System
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CJIA.COSM.16.01.03 - Analyze criminal justice from a systems perspective.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

16. The filtering process refers to the authority to make decisions based on one’s own judgment.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Criminal Justice as a Social System
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CJIA.COSM.16.01.03 - Analyze criminal justice from a systems perspective.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

17. A police officer who is providing emergency first aid after an automobile accident is engaging in the duty of “keeping