CRIMINAL JUSTICE 1,2 EXAM
2024_2025 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
WELL DETAILED ANSWERS 200
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) GRADEDA+++
criminal justice system - correct answers the system of police,
courts, and prisons set up to maintain social control
law enforcement - correct answers Investigate crimes and
apprehend individuals who have allegedly committed a crime
Courts - correct answers Interpret and apply the laws
Corrections - correct answers Protect society from criminals
through housing, monitoring, and other community-based programs
Decriminalization - correct answers the act of ending or reducing
criminal penalties associated with some behaviors
Adultery - correct answers A sexual act between a married person
and someone other than their marriage partner
inFormal social norms - correct Not written, but are social rules we
understand and follow Legal norms, and violation of these sets the
criminal justice system in motion
,Deviance - correct answers Behavior that violates significant social
norms
mala inse crimes - correct answers Crimes considered to be
morally wrong
Mala prohibita crimes - correct answers acts that are considered
wrong only because there is a law against them
Crime as natural law - correct answers Crimes as sins
Crime as a social construct - correct answers Definition of crime
changes over time
consensus perspective - correct answers a perspective that projects
an image of society as the collective expression of shared norms and
values
Conflict perspective - correct answers Struggle among different
groups for resources in society
homicide - correct answers the killing of one person by another
First degree murder - correct answers killing that is premeditated,
deliberate, and done with malice
, second degree murder - correct answers killing that is done with
malice, but without premeditation or deliberation
manslaughter - correct answers Offender is less blame worthy-less
penalty
Voluntary Manslaughter - correct answers Offender is provoked
Involuntary Manslaughter - correct answers Results from offenders
careless actions
Vehicular manslaughter - correct answers Results from careless
driving
serial murder - correct answers the killing of several victims in
three or more separate events
Mass murder - correct answers the killing of four or more victims
at one location on a single occasion
assault and battery - correct answers assault includes a threat or
attempt to injure, and battery includes the unlawful touching of
another person without consent
property crime - correct answers crimes that do not involve
violence, including burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and
arson
2024_2025 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
WELL DETAILED ANSWERS 200
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) GRADEDA+++
criminal justice system - correct answers the system of police,
courts, and prisons set up to maintain social control
law enforcement - correct answers Investigate crimes and
apprehend individuals who have allegedly committed a crime
Courts - correct answers Interpret and apply the laws
Corrections - correct answers Protect society from criminals
through housing, monitoring, and other community-based programs
Decriminalization - correct answers the act of ending or reducing
criminal penalties associated with some behaviors
Adultery - correct answers A sexual act between a married person
and someone other than their marriage partner
inFormal social norms - correct Not written, but are social rules we
understand and follow Legal norms, and violation of these sets the
criminal justice system in motion
,Deviance - correct answers Behavior that violates significant social
norms
mala inse crimes - correct answers Crimes considered to be
morally wrong
Mala prohibita crimes - correct answers acts that are considered
wrong only because there is a law against them
Crime as natural law - correct answers Crimes as sins
Crime as a social construct - correct answers Definition of crime
changes over time
consensus perspective - correct answers a perspective that projects
an image of society as the collective expression of shared norms and
values
Conflict perspective - correct answers Struggle among different
groups for resources in society
homicide - correct answers the killing of one person by another
First degree murder - correct answers killing that is premeditated,
deliberate, and done with malice
, second degree murder - correct answers killing that is done with
malice, but without premeditation or deliberation
manslaughter - correct answers Offender is less blame worthy-less
penalty
Voluntary Manslaughter - correct answers Offender is provoked
Involuntary Manslaughter - correct answers Results from offenders
careless actions
Vehicular manslaughter - correct answers Results from careless
driving
serial murder - correct answers the killing of several victims in
three or more separate events
Mass murder - correct answers the killing of four or more victims
at one location on a single occasion
assault and battery - correct answers assault includes a threat or
attempt to injure, and battery includes the unlawful touching of
another person without consent
property crime - correct answers crimes that do not involve
violence, including burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and
arson
