Test Bank for Introduction to Criminal Justice 10e Robert M. Bohm, Keith N. Haley, Answered

Test Bank for Introduction to Criminal Justice 10e Robert M. Bohm, Keith N. Haley, Answered-1) As discussed in your textbook, the list of calls for police service in Portland, Oregon, shows which type of call for service to be the most common? A) burglar alarms B) unwanted persons C) violent offenses D) prisoner transportation 2) As an institution of social control, criminal justice differs from the family, schools, organized religion, the media, and the law in that it A) requires society to abide by passive social values. B) exists as a single system. C) is generally society's "last line of defense." D) is usually used along with other institutions of social control. 3) Like the family, schools, organized religion, the media, and the law, criminal justice is a(n) A) institution of social control. B) private response to crime. C) informal method of social control. D) subtle social control. 4) American criminal justice consists of three main agencies. Which of the following is NOT one of those three main agencies? A) corrections B) prisons C) police D) courts Version 1 2 5) Which of the following types of offenses may be punishable by death in the United States? A) libel B) a misdemeanor C) slander D) a felony 6) The term "jurisdiction," as used in your text, means A) the specific location in which a court is located. B) the loose confederation of prisons and jails around the country. C) a politically defined geographical area. D) the system of rank and hierarchy within police agencies. 7) During which of the following stages is an administrative record of an arrest made? A) Initial appearance B) Booking C) Preliminary hearing D) Arraignment 8) A suspect becomes a defendant after A) a grand jury issues a no bill against the suspect. B) a complaint has been made. C) an absence of probable cause has been established. D) one or more charges have been filed. 9) In the case of a misdemeanor or an ordinance violation, a(n) may be held. A) summary trial B) information C) arrest warrant D) grand jury Version 1 3 10) The purpose of a(n) is for a judge to determine whether there is probable cause to believe that the defendant committed the crime or crimes with which he or she is charged. A) preliminary hearing B) indictment C) arraignment D) initial appearance 11) The primary purpose of a(n) is to hear the formal information or indictment and to allow the defendant to enter a plea. A) preliminary hearing B) indictment C) arraignment D) initial appearance 12) About of criminal defendants plead guilty to the charges against them in an arrangement called plea bargaining. A) 95 percent B) 75 percent C) 50 percent D) 25 percent