Intro to Criminal Justice: Exam 1
Define crime. - correct answer ✔✔An act that violates criminal law and is punishable by a criminal
statute
What are the three entities that make up the "interlocking network" of the criminal justice system? -
correct answer ✔✔1. Law enforcement
2. The courts
3. Corrections
What does law enforcement do as a part of the criminal justice system? - correct answer ✔✔Enforces
laws at the state, local and federal level
What do the courts do as a part of the criminal justice system? - correct answer ✔✔Criminal court
workgroups are charged with the responsibility of determining innocence or guilt of criminal suspects
What three types of people make up criminal court workgroups? - correct answer ✔✔1. Judge
2. Prosecutor
3. Defense attorneys
What do corrections do as a part of the criminal justice system? - correct answer ✔✔Tasked with
punishing and rehabilitating convicted offenders
What is the most common form of correctional treatment in the U.S.? - correct answer ✔✔Probation
What are the two levels of incarceration? - correct answer ✔✔Prisons and jails
What is the function of a jail? - correct answer ✔✔Houses offenders convicted of minor crimes with
relatively short sentences or those awaiting trial
, What is the function of a prison? - correct answer ✔✔Houses offenders convicted of minor crimes with
relatively short sentences
Define crime control model. - correct answer ✔✔This states that the most important function of the
criminal justice system is to punish and repress criminal conduct. Believes that the criminal justice
system should function quickly and efficiently.
*** enforcement-based
Define due process model. - correct answer ✔✔This states that the criminal justice system should focus
on protecting the rights of the accused through legal constraints on police, courts and corrections.
*** protection of the individual
What are the six major types of crime? - correct answer ✔✔1. Violent crime
2. Property crime
3. Public order crime
4. White-collar crime
5. Organized crime
6. High-tech crime
Define violent crime. - correct answer ✔✔Crimes against another person (ex. murder, rape, robbery)
Define property crime. - correct answer ✔✔A crime during which the goal of the offender is some form
of economic gain or damaging of the property (ex. theft, burglary, motor vehicle...)
What is the most common form of political activity (out of the six major types of crime)? - correct
answer ✔✔Property crime
Define public order crime. - correct answer ✔✔Outlawed activities that are considered contrary to
public values and morals (ex. public drunkenness, prostitution, gambling and illicit drug use)
Define crime. - correct answer ✔✔An act that violates criminal law and is punishable by a criminal
statute
What are the three entities that make up the "interlocking network" of the criminal justice system? -
correct answer ✔✔1. Law enforcement
2. The courts
3. Corrections
What does law enforcement do as a part of the criminal justice system? - correct answer ✔✔Enforces
laws at the state, local and federal level
What do the courts do as a part of the criminal justice system? - correct answer ✔✔Criminal court
workgroups are charged with the responsibility of determining innocence or guilt of criminal suspects
What three types of people make up criminal court workgroups? - correct answer ✔✔1. Judge
2. Prosecutor
3. Defense attorneys
What do corrections do as a part of the criminal justice system? - correct answer ✔✔Tasked with
punishing and rehabilitating convicted offenders
What is the most common form of correctional treatment in the U.S.? - correct answer ✔✔Probation
What are the two levels of incarceration? - correct answer ✔✔Prisons and jails
What is the function of a jail? - correct answer ✔✔Houses offenders convicted of minor crimes with
relatively short sentences or those awaiting trial
, What is the function of a prison? - correct answer ✔✔Houses offenders convicted of minor crimes with
relatively short sentences
Define crime control model. - correct answer ✔✔This states that the most important function of the
criminal justice system is to punish and repress criminal conduct. Believes that the criminal justice
system should function quickly and efficiently.
*** enforcement-based
Define due process model. - correct answer ✔✔This states that the criminal justice system should focus
on protecting the rights of the accused through legal constraints on police, courts and corrections.
*** protection of the individual
What are the six major types of crime? - correct answer ✔✔1. Violent crime
2. Property crime
3. Public order crime
4. White-collar crime
5. Organized crime
6. High-tech crime
Define violent crime. - correct answer ✔✔Crimes against another person (ex. murder, rape, robbery)
Define property crime. - correct answer ✔✔A crime during which the goal of the offender is some form
of economic gain or damaging of the property (ex. theft, burglary, motor vehicle...)
What is the most common form of political activity (out of the six major types of crime)? - correct
answer ✔✔Property crime
Define public order crime. - correct answer ✔✔Outlawed activities that are considered contrary to
public values and morals (ex. public drunkenness, prostitution, gambling and illicit drug use)
