Test Bank for Criminal Justice AN INTRODUCTION 14th Edition by Frank Schmalleger

TEST BANK
Test Bank for Criminal Justice AN INTRODUCTION Fourteenth
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TEST BANK

,Criminal Justice AN INTRODUCTION Fourteenth Edition




Criminal Justice: An Introduction, 14e (Schmalleger)
Chapter 1 What Is Criminal Justice?

1.1 Multiple Choice Questions

1) Which of the following was associated with the Prohibition years of the early twentieth
century?
A) An increase in street crime
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,B) A rise in terrorist incidents
C) A wave of organized criminal activity
D) An increased emphasis on individual rights
Answer: C
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Objective: Summarize the history of crime in America and corresponding changes in the
American criminal justice system.
Level: Basic

2) As society became more focused on individual rights in the 1960s and 1970s, what
happened to crime in the United States?
A) Reported crime decreased dramatically.
B) Reported crime increased dramatically.
C) Reported crime remained stable.
D) Unreported crime increased dramatically.
Answer: B
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Objective: Summarize the history of crime in America and corresponding changes in the
American criminal justice system.
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Level: Basic

3) In the 1990s, the perception that crime rates were increasing and that offenders were not
being punished resulted in an increased focus on .
A) social justice
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B) individual accountability
C) due process
D) the consensus model
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Answer: B
Page Ref: 5
Objective: Summarize the history of crime in America and corresponding changes in the
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American criminal justice system.
Level: Intermediate

, 4) Which of the following would support the protection of personal freedoms and civil rights?
A) Crime-control advocates
B) States'-rights advocates
C) Public-order advocates
D) Individual-rights advocates
Answer: D
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Objective: Describe the public-order (crime-control) and individual-rights (due-process)
perspectives of criminal justice, concluding with how the criminal justice system balances the
two perspectives.
Level: Difficult

5) A person who believes that under certain circumstances involving a criminal threat to
public safety, the interests of society should take precedence over individual rights is a(n)
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A) due-process advocate
B) individual-rights advocate
C) civil justice advocate
D) public-order advocate
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Answer: D
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Objective: Describe the public-order (crime-control) and individual-rights (due-process)
perspectives of criminal justice, concluding with how the criminal justice system balances the
two perspectives.
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Level: Difficult

6) is an ideal that embraces all aspects of civilized life and is linked to fundamental
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notions of fairness and to cultural beliefs about right and wrong.
A) Public order advocacy
B) Vigilante justice
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C) Social justice
D) Civil justice
Answer: C
Page Ref: 9
Objective: Explain the relationship of criminal justice to general concepts of equity and
fairness.
Level: Basic

7) Criminal justice is truth in action within the process of .
A) administration of justice
B) civil justice
C) social justice
D) civil rights
Answer: A
Page Ref: 10
Objective: Explain the relationship of criminal justice to general concepts of equity and
fairness.
Level: Intermediate

8) Which model assumes that the components of the criminal justice system work together