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This official Test Bank for Criminal Justice Today, 16th Edition by Frank Schmalleger, provides a comprehensive assessment suite designed to evaluate a student's understanding of the American criminal justice system in the modern era. The curriculum is meticulously covered across all 18 chapters: Chapter 1: What Is Criminal Justice?, Chapter 2: The Crime Picture, Chapter 3: The Search for Causes, Chapter 4: Criminal Law, Chapter 5: Policing: History and Structure, Chapter 6: Policing: Purpose and Organization, Chapter 7: Policing: Legal Aspects, Chapter 8: Policing: Issues and Challenges, Chapter 9: The Courts: Structure and Participants, Chapter 10: Pretrial Activities and the Criminal Trial, Chapter 11: Sentencing, Chapter 12: Probation, Parole, and Community Corrections, Chapter 13: Prisons and Jails, Chapter 14: Prison Life, Chapter 15: Juvenile Justice, Chapter 16: Drugs and Crime, Chapter 17: Terrorism, Multinational Criminal Justice, and Global Issues, and Chapter 18: High-Technology Crimes.

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Criminal Justice Today: An
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21st Century, 16th Edition
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TEST BANK
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Comprehensive Test Bank for Instructors
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© Frank Schmalleger. All rights reserved.
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Criminal Justice Today: An Introductory Text for the 21st
Century — Complete Test Bank
Frank Schmalleger
ISBN: 9780135770580
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Chapter 1: What Is Criminal Justice?
Chapter 2: The Crime Picture
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Chapter 3: The Search for Causes
Chapter 4: Criminal Law
Chapter 5: Policing: History and Structure
Chapter 6: Policing: Purpose and Organization
Chapter 7: Policing: Legal Aspects
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Chapter 8: Policing: Issues and Challenges
Chapter 9: The Courts: Structure and Participants
Chapter 10: Pretrial Activities and the Criminal Trial
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Chapter 11: Sentencing
Chapter 12: Probation, Parole, and Community Corrections
Chapter 13: Prisons and Jails
Chapter 14: Prison Life
Chapter 15: Juvenile Justice
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Chapter 16: Drugs and Crime
Chapter 17: Terrorism, Multinational Criminal Justice, and Global Issues
Chapter 18: High-Technology Crimes
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, Criminal Justice Today, 16e (Schmalleger)
Chapter 1 What Is Criminal Justice?

1.1 Multiple Choice

1) Social ________ is a condition said to exist when a group is faced with social change, uneven
development of culture, maladaptiveness, disharmony, conflict, and lack of consensus.
A) order
B) chaos
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C) organization
D) disorganization
Answer: D
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Objective: Summarize the history of crime in America and corresponding changes in the
American criminal justice system.
Level: Basic

2) ________ rights are guaranteed to all members of American society by the U.S. Constitution
and are particularly important to criminal defendants facing formal processing by the criminal
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justice system.
A) Social
B) Group
C) Individual
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D) Public order
Answer: C
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Objective: Summarize the history of crime in America and corresponding changes in the
American criminal justice system.
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Level: Basic

3) Who created a cabinet-level "drug czar" position to coordinate the "war on drugs"?
A) Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
B) President Ronald Reagan
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C) Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
D) President George H. W. Bush
Answer: B
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Objective: Summarize the history of crime in America and corresponding changes in the
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American criminal justice system.
Level: Basic
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, 4) In the 1990s, the perception that crime rates were increasing and that offenders were not being
punished resulted in an increased focus on ________.
A) social justice
B) individual accountability
C) due process
D) the consensus model
Answer: B
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Objective: Summarize the history of crime in America and corresponding changes in the
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American criminal justice system.
Level: Intermediate

5) Currently, we are seeing a decline in which types of crime?
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A) Mass shootings
B) Internet-based crimes
C) Traditional crimes
D) Inner-city murders
Answer: C
Page Ref: 6-7
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Objective: Summarize the history of crime in America and corresponding changes in the
American criminal justice system.
Level: Intermediate
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6) A person who believes that under certain circumstances involving a criminal threat to public
safety, the interests of society should take precedence over individual rights is a(n) ________
advocate.
A) social justice
B) public-order
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C) individual-rights
D) civil justice
Answer: B
Page Ref: 9
Objective: Describe the public-order (crime control) and individual-rights (due process)
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perspectives of criminal justice, concluding with how the criminal justice system balances the
two perspectives.
Level: Basic
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