INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE EXAM 1
ACTUAL EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Public Policy. Answer: Priorities and actions developed by
government to use public resources as a means to deal with issues
affecting society.
◉ Crime Control Model. Answer: A model of the criminal justice
system that assumes freedom is so important that every effort must
be made to repress crime; it emphasizes efficiency, speed, finality,
and the capacity to apprehend, try, convict, and dispose of a high
proportion of offenders. (Assembly line)
Goal - Repress crime; Value - Efficiency; Process - Administrative;
Major Decision Point - Police, pretrial processes; Basis of Decision
Making - Discretion;
◉ Due Process Model. Answer: A model of the criminal justice
system that assumes freedom is so important that every effort must
be made to ensure that criminal justice decisions are based on
reliable information; it emphasizes the adversarial process, the
rights of defendants, and formal decision-making procedures.
(Obstacle course)
,Goal - Preserve individual liberties; Value - Reliability; Process -
Adversarial; Major Decision Point - Courtroom; Basis of Decision
Making - Law;
◉ Mala in se. Answer: Offenses that are wrong by their nature.
(Murder, rape, robbery etc.)
◉ Mala prohibita. Answer: Offenses prohibited by law but not wrong
in themselves. (Drug use, prostitution, gambling etc.)
◉ Felonies. Answer: Serious crimes usually carrying a penalty of
incarceration for more than one year or the death penalty.
◉ Misdemeanors. Answer: Offenses less serious than felonies and
usually punishable by incarceration of no more than one year,
probation, or intermediate sanctions.
◉ Visible Crime. Answer: An offense against persons or property
that is committed primarily by members of the lower social classes.
Often referred to as "street crime" or "ordinary crime", this type of
offense is the one most upsetting to public.
◉ Visible crimes include?. Answer: Violent Crimes
Property Crimes
, Public Order Crimes
◉ Violent Crimes. Answer: Acts against people in which death or
physical injury results. Including: homicide, assault, rape, robbery
◉ Property Crimes. Answer: Acts that threaten property held by
individuals or by the state. Including: theft, larceny, shoplifting,
embezzlement, and burglary.
◉ Public Order Crimes. Answer: Acts that threaten the general well-
being of society and challenge accepted moral principles. Including:
public drunkeness, aggressive panhandling, vandalism, and
disorderly conduct.
◉ Occupational Crime. Answer: Criminal offense committed through
opportunities created in a legal business or occupation.
◉ What are the four types of occupational crime?. Answer: 1.
Occupational crimes for the benefit of the employing organization.
(Price fixing, theft of trade secrets, falsification of produced tests).
2. Occupational crimes through the exercise of government
authority. (Removal of drugs from evidence room by a police officer,
bribe to public official, etc.)
ACTUAL EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Public Policy. Answer: Priorities and actions developed by
government to use public resources as a means to deal with issues
affecting society.
◉ Crime Control Model. Answer: A model of the criminal justice
system that assumes freedom is so important that every effort must
be made to repress crime; it emphasizes efficiency, speed, finality,
and the capacity to apprehend, try, convict, and dispose of a high
proportion of offenders. (Assembly line)
Goal - Repress crime; Value - Efficiency; Process - Administrative;
Major Decision Point - Police, pretrial processes; Basis of Decision
Making - Discretion;
◉ Due Process Model. Answer: A model of the criminal justice
system that assumes freedom is so important that every effort must
be made to ensure that criminal justice decisions are based on
reliable information; it emphasizes the adversarial process, the
rights of defendants, and formal decision-making procedures.
(Obstacle course)
,Goal - Preserve individual liberties; Value - Reliability; Process -
Adversarial; Major Decision Point - Courtroom; Basis of Decision
Making - Law;
◉ Mala in se. Answer: Offenses that are wrong by their nature.
(Murder, rape, robbery etc.)
◉ Mala prohibita. Answer: Offenses prohibited by law but not wrong
in themselves. (Drug use, prostitution, gambling etc.)
◉ Felonies. Answer: Serious crimes usually carrying a penalty of
incarceration for more than one year or the death penalty.
◉ Misdemeanors. Answer: Offenses less serious than felonies and
usually punishable by incarceration of no more than one year,
probation, or intermediate sanctions.
◉ Visible Crime. Answer: An offense against persons or property
that is committed primarily by members of the lower social classes.
Often referred to as "street crime" or "ordinary crime", this type of
offense is the one most upsetting to public.
◉ Visible crimes include?. Answer: Violent Crimes
Property Crimes
, Public Order Crimes
◉ Violent Crimes. Answer: Acts against people in which death or
physical injury results. Including: homicide, assault, rape, robbery
◉ Property Crimes. Answer: Acts that threaten property held by
individuals or by the state. Including: theft, larceny, shoplifting,
embezzlement, and burglary.
◉ Public Order Crimes. Answer: Acts that threaten the general well-
being of society and challenge accepted moral principles. Including:
public drunkeness, aggressive panhandling, vandalism, and
disorderly conduct.
◉ Occupational Crime. Answer: Criminal offense committed through
opportunities created in a legal business or occupation.
◉ What are the four types of occupational crime?. Answer: 1.
Occupational crimes for the benefit of the employing organization.
(Price fixing, theft of trade secrets, falsification of produced tests).
2. Occupational crimes through the exercise of government
authority. (Removal of drugs from evidence room by a police officer,
bribe to public official, etc.)
