Chapter 1 Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following is NOT an area in which media portraits of crime and justice
influence public perceptions?
a. What behaviors should be criminalized
b. Who should be punished
c. What the punishment should be
d. Who should be in charge of punishments
Ans: D
Ref: 2
LO: 1
2. Which of the following is an example of a memorial criminal justice policy?
a. Boston Gun Project
b. Megan’s Law
c. CSI
d. Victims of Crime Act
Ans: B
Ref: 2
LO: 2
3. A high profile murder case ended a year ago and images of the defendant during the
case are still appearing in the local news, on various Internet sites, and even in
select movies. This is an example of which of the following?
, a. Looping
b. Narrowcasting
c. Interactivity
d. a Mediated Experience
Ans: A
Ref: 5
LO: 1
4. Which of the following is NOT a general example of how media can serve as a
powerful potential solution to crime?
a. By helping to reduce violence and drug use
b. By deterring criminal acts
c. By providing the public with up-to-date footage of all major crime cases
d. By bolstering the image of the criminal justice system
Ans: C
Ref: 5
LO: 1
,5. Which of the following is NOT one of the four general types of media?
a. Print
b. Sound
c. Visual
d. Internet
Ans: D
Ref: 6
LO: 4
6. In early U.S. Penny Press newspapers, crime was portrayed according to what
orientation?
a. Race-oriented
b. Gender-oriented
c. Class-oriented
d. All of the above
Ans: C
Ref: 6
LO: 3
7. Which of the following is a major difference between contemporary print media and
contemporary electronic media?
a. Each contains different types of messages.
b. Print media is easier to select or avoid based on consumer preferences.
c. Print media has fewer images.
d. Print media is part of mass media while electronic media is not.
Ans: B
, Ref: 9
LO: 4
8. Radio crime-and-justice programming have provided the model for which of the
following:
a. modern-day crime and justice reality programming
b. the contemporary stereotypes of criminals and criminal justice
c. the exploitation of sensational heinous crimes
d. all of the above
Ans: D
Ref: 11
LO: 5
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following is NOT an area in which media portraits of crime and justice
influence public perceptions?
a. What behaviors should be criminalized
b. Who should be punished
c. What the punishment should be
d. Who should be in charge of punishments
Ans: D
Ref: 2
LO: 1
2. Which of the following is an example of a memorial criminal justice policy?
a. Boston Gun Project
b. Megan’s Law
c. CSI
d. Victims of Crime Act
Ans: B
Ref: 2
LO: 2
3. A high profile murder case ended a year ago and images of the defendant during the
case are still appearing in the local news, on various Internet sites, and even in
select movies. This is an example of which of the following?
, a. Looping
b. Narrowcasting
c. Interactivity
d. a Mediated Experience
Ans: A
Ref: 5
LO: 1
4. Which of the following is NOT a general example of how media can serve as a
powerful potential solution to crime?
a. By helping to reduce violence and drug use
b. By deterring criminal acts
c. By providing the public with up-to-date footage of all major crime cases
d. By bolstering the image of the criminal justice system
Ans: C
Ref: 5
LO: 1
,5. Which of the following is NOT one of the four general types of media?
a. Print
b. Sound
c. Visual
d. Internet
Ans: D
Ref: 6
LO: 4
6. In early U.S. Penny Press newspapers, crime was portrayed according to what
orientation?
a. Race-oriented
b. Gender-oriented
c. Class-oriented
d. All of the above
Ans: C
Ref: 6
LO: 3
7. Which of the following is a major difference between contemporary print media and
contemporary electronic media?
a. Each contains different types of messages.
b. Print media is easier to select or avoid based on consumer preferences.
c. Print media has fewer images.
d. Print media is part of mass media while electronic media is not.
Ans: B
, Ref: 9
LO: 4
8. Radio crime-and-justice programming have provided the model for which of the
following:
a. modern-day crime and justice reality programming
b. the contemporary stereotypes of criminals and criminal justice
c. the exploitation of sensational heinous crimes
d. all of the above
Ans: D
Ref: 11
LO: 5
