Introduction to Criminal Justice Midterm Exam UPDATED Questions and CORRECT Answers

Introduction to Criminal Justice Midterm
Exam UPDATED Questions and
CORRECT Answers
The name given to the process and structures which seek to limit rule-breaking behavior and
social deviance?
a. laws
b. social control

c. criminal justice - CORRECT ANSWER - b. social control


The format social institution designed to respond to deviance defined as a crime.
a. Peer Pressure
b. Social contract

c. Criminal Justice - CORRECT ANSWER - c. Criminal justice


What form for social control sees an integral part of community institutions?
a. Community Corrections
b. Community Crime Rates

c. Community Justice - CORRECT ANSWER - c. Community Justice


An example of a Community Justice program is?
a. Weed and seed
b. Stop and Frisk

c. Turn and Burn - CORRECT ANSWER - a. Weed and Seed


Social Control in the United States has to be balanced with..
a. Social norms
b. The Greater Good

,c. Personal Freedoms - CORRECT ANSWER - c. Personal Freedoms


This model focuses on speed and efficiency. It would support relaxed restrictions on police
actions, more lenient rules of evidence, and an emphasis on plea bargains.
a. the Due Process Model
b. The Crime Control Model

c. The Fraternal Order of Police Model - CORRECT ANSWER - b. The crime Control
Model


The model focus is on protecting individual rights. It would seek to limit police powers, curtail
evidence, and seek full trials.
a. the Due Process Model
b. The Crime Control Model

c. The ACLU Model - CORRECT ANSWER - a. The Due Process Model


According to the text, probably less than ...... of all crime is discovered by the justice system.
This is also known as the Dark Figure of Crime.
a. One Quarter
b. One Third

c. Half - CORRECT ANSWER - c. Half


The decision points of the criminal justice system include; detection, investigation, arrest, initial
appearances,charging, .........., trial, Sentencing, revocation, discharge.
a. plea barginning
b. arraignment

c. dismissal - CORRECT ANSWER - b. arraignment


What level of government provides the bulk of law enforcement services.
a. municipal

, b. state

c. federal - CORRECT ANSWER - a. municipal


When used in the Social Services, deviance means...
a. Behavior which is always criminal
b. behavior repulsive to society

c. significant departure from social norms - CORRECT ANSWER - c. significant
departure from social norms


The following is an example of social deviance, which has been criminalized to force people to
conform to social norms.
a. criminal punishments for blasphemy
b. criminal punishments for homosexuality

c. criminal punishments for adultery - CORRECT ANSWER - a,b,c is the answer


In the definition of justice; the goal is the equitable access and availability of ....... privileges and
opportunities within a society.
a. wealth
b. power

c. rights - CORRECT ANSWER - c. rights


Absolution justice demands that.... violations be punished or ..... violations ...... be punished.
a. all, no
b. serious, no

c. no, some - CORRECT ANSWER - a. all, no


The following justice delivery errors occur most frequently in which population; innocent people
being punished, or guilty people being punished more severely than they should be.
a. poor