CRJ 104 COMPLETE MIDTERM ACTUAL
SET QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the consensus perspective? - correct answer-✅Society creates laws according to common
interest
What perspective opposes the consensus perspective? - correct answer-✅Upper class creates laws to
exert power over lower classes
What are the competing models of criminal justice, according to Herbert Packer? - correct answer-✅•
Crime Control
• Due Process
Who are the actors of the criminal justice system? - correct answer-✅• Police
• Courts
• Corrections
What is discretion? - correct answer-✅Autonomy to make your own decisions, rather than following the
"letter of the law"
What is stare decisis? - correct answer-✅Making decisions in court case based on legal precedent
What are the two necessary elements of a crime? - correct answer-✅• Mens rea
• Actus reus
What are the two types of major crimes? - correct answer-✅• Crimes against persons
• Crimes against property
What are justification defenses? - correct answer-✅• Defendants justified in acting
What is the difference between felonies and misdemeanors? - correct answer-✅• Felonies is a crime
involving violence (1 year or by death)
• Misdemeanors is a Minor wrong doing (1 year or less)
What is criminology? - correct answer-✅The study of why people commit crime
What is the classical school of criminology? - correct answer-✅People commit crime because they have
free will
What is strain theory? - correct answer-✅People commit crime because of the stress in their lives
What are the sources of crime data? - correct answer-✅• UCR
• NCVS
• NIBRS
What does UCR stand for? - correct answer-✅Uniform Crime Reporting
What does NCVS stand for? - correct answer-✅National Crime Victimization Survey
What does NIBRS stand for? - correct answer-✅National Incident Bases Reporting System
What is the hierarchy rule? - correct answer-✅Only the worst offenses is reported to crime reporting
agency
What is utilitarianism? - correct answer-✅The greatest good for the greatest number of people
What are absolute ethics? - correct answer-✅Ethics are black and white
What is the code of silence in policing? - correct answer-✅Don't rat on your "brothers"
SET QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the consensus perspective? - correct answer-✅Society creates laws according to common
interest
What perspective opposes the consensus perspective? - correct answer-✅Upper class creates laws to
exert power over lower classes
What are the competing models of criminal justice, according to Herbert Packer? - correct answer-✅•
Crime Control
• Due Process
Who are the actors of the criminal justice system? - correct answer-✅• Police
• Courts
• Corrections
What is discretion? - correct answer-✅Autonomy to make your own decisions, rather than following the
"letter of the law"
What is stare decisis? - correct answer-✅Making decisions in court case based on legal precedent
What are the two necessary elements of a crime? - correct answer-✅• Mens rea
• Actus reus
What are the two types of major crimes? - correct answer-✅• Crimes against persons
• Crimes against property
What are justification defenses? - correct answer-✅• Defendants justified in acting
What is the difference between felonies and misdemeanors? - correct answer-✅• Felonies is a crime
involving violence (1 year or by death)
• Misdemeanors is a Minor wrong doing (1 year or less)
What is criminology? - correct answer-✅The study of why people commit crime
What is the classical school of criminology? - correct answer-✅People commit crime because they have
free will
What is strain theory? - correct answer-✅People commit crime because of the stress in their lives
What are the sources of crime data? - correct answer-✅• UCR
• NCVS
• NIBRS
What does UCR stand for? - correct answer-✅Uniform Crime Reporting
What does NCVS stand for? - correct answer-✅National Crime Victimization Survey
What does NIBRS stand for? - correct answer-✅National Incident Bases Reporting System
What is the hierarchy rule? - correct answer-✅Only the worst offenses is reported to crime reporting
agency
What is utilitarianism? - correct answer-✅The greatest good for the greatest number of people
What are absolute ethics? - correct answer-✅Ethics are black and white
What is the code of silence in policing? - correct answer-✅Don't rat on your "brothers"
