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CCJ 4700 FSU Exam 1 Practice
Questions and Answers
two - Answer✔✔-we live in a world of ______ realities
experimental; agreement - Answer✔✔-we live in a world of two realities: _________
and __________
experimental - Answer✔✔-__________ reality: the things we know from direct
experience
agreement - Answer✔✔-__________ reality: the things we consider real because
we've been told they're real, and everyone else seems to agree they are real
"everybody knows" Social agreement about how things are
Clever detective work... - Answer✔✔-seldom solves crimes because investigators get
most of their information from reports prepared by patrol officers, who in turn get their
information from victims and witnesses
Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment - Answer✔✔-Compared police beats with
three levels of preventive patrol.
Found no differences in crime rates, citizen satisfaction with police, fear of crime, or
other measures of police performance
empirical research - Answer✔✔-____________: the production of knowledge based
on experience or observation
methodology - Answer✔✔-__________: The science of knowing (finding out)
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How social scientific methods can be used to better understand crime and criminal
justice policy
tradition; authority - Answer✔✔-two important sources of agreement reality:
__________ and ___________
tradition - Answer✔✔-an example of ________ as a source of agreement reality is:
driving on the left side of the road in the US is dangerous.
We recognize that such patterns of cause and effect are probabilistic in nature.
authority - Answer✔✔-an example of __________ as a source of agreement reality
is: you are more likely to believe a judge who declares that your next traffic violation will
result in a suspension of your license than your parents when they say the same thing
scientific knowledge - Answer✔✔-even if you do not produce research, you are in
active consumer of scientific information.
As a general citizen: election polls, public opinion
As a criminal justice practitioner: evidence-based practices
errors in human inquiry - Answer✔✔-Can be greatly hindered by the legitimate
authorities who err within their own special province.
Also when we depend on the authority of experts speaking outside their realm of
expertise.
The advertising industry plays heavily on this misleading use of authority.
inaccurate observation - Answer✔✔-___________: it is easy to make mistakes about
what we observed if we didn't have a plan
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