Test Bank for Introduction to Criminal Justice 10e Robert M. Bohm,
Keith N. Haley
Answers are at the End of Each Chapter
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Student name: WD
1) As discussed in your textbook, the list of calls for police service in Portland, Oreg
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on, shows which type of call for service to be the most common?
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A) burglar alarms WD
B) unwanted persons WD
C) violent offenses WD
D) prisoner transportation WD
2) As an institution of social control, criminal justice differs from the family, schools, o
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rganized religion, the media, and the law in that it
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A) requires society to abide by passive social values.
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B) exists as a single system. WD WD WD WD
C) is generally society's "last line of defense."
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D) is usually used along with other institutions of social control.
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3) Like the family, schools, organized religion, the media, and the law, criminal justice
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D) subtle social control. WD WD
4) American criminal justice consists of three main agencies. Which of the following
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Dis NOT one of those three main agencies?
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A) corrections
B) prisons
C) police
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,5) Which of the following types of offenses may be punishable by death in the United
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A) libel
B) a misdemeanor
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C) slander
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6) The term "jurisdiction," as used in your text, means
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A) the specific location in which a court is located.
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B) the loose confederation of prisons and jails around the country.
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C) a politically defined geographical area.
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D) the system of rank and hierarchy within police agencies.
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7) During which of the following stages is an administrative record of an arrest made?
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A) Initial appearance WD
B) Booking
C) Preliminary hearing WD
D) Arraignment
8) A suspect becomes a defendant after
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A) a grand jury issues a no bill against the suspect.
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B) a complaint has been made.
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C) an absence of probable cause has been established.
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D) one or more charges have been filed.
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9) In the
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ause to believe that the defendant committed the crime or crimes with which he
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or she is charged.
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m in an arrangement called plea bargaining.
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13) Cases that are not resolved through plea bargaining or by a jury trial are decided
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by a judge in a(n)
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B) indictment.
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D) arraignment.
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A) outline the formal charge or charges against the defendant.
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B) allow the defendant to enter a plea.
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C) determine whether there is probable cause.
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D) ensure that the defendant will appear at a later stage in the criminal justice
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process.
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, 15) Currently, five general types of punishment are in use in the United States. Wh
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ich of the following is NOT one of these punishments?
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A) probation
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D) death
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D) It is granted, by default, by all jurisdictions in the United States.
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19) In the United States, the states that do not utilize preliminary hearings sch
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D) stage of arrest WD WD
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Keith N. Haley
Answers are at the End of Each Chapter
Chapter 1 WD
Student name: WD
1) As discussed in your textbook, the list of calls for police service in Portland, Oreg
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on, shows which type of call for service to be the most common?
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A) burglar alarms WD
B) unwanted persons WD
C) violent offenses WD
D) prisoner transportation WD
2) As an institution of social control, criminal justice differs from the family, schools, o
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rganized religion, the media, and the law in that it
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A) requires society to abide by passive social values.
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B) exists as a single system. WD WD WD WD
C) is generally society's "last line of defense."
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D) is usually used along with other institutions of social control.
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3) Like the family, schools, organized religion, the media, and the law, criminal justice
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4) American criminal justice consists of three main agencies. Which of the following
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A) corrections
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,5) Which of the following types of offenses may be punishable by death in the United
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WD States?
A) libel
B) a misdemeanor
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C) slander
D) a felony WD
6) The term "jurisdiction," as used in your text, means
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A) the specific location in which a court is located.
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B) the loose confederation of prisons and jails around the country.
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C) a politically defined geographical area.
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D) the system of rank and hierarchy within police agencies.
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7) During which of the following stages is an administrative record of an arrest made?
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A) Initial appearance WD
B) Booking
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D) Arraignment
8) A suspect becomes a defendant after
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A) a grand jury issues a no bill against the suspect.
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B) a complaint has been made.
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C) an absence of probable cause has been established.
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D) one or more charges have been filed.
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9) In the
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B) information
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D) grand jury WD
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is for a judge to determine whether there is probable c WD WD WD WD WD WD WD WD WD WD
ause to believe that the defendant committed the crime or crimes with which he
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or she is charged.
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nd to
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m in an arrangement called plea bargaining.
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13) Cases that are not resolved through plea bargaining or by a jury trial are decided
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by a judge in a(n)
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A) grand jury. WD
B) indictment.
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D) arraignment.
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A) outline the formal charge or charges against the defendant.
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B) allow the defendant to enter a plea.
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C) determine whether there is probable cause.
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D) ensure that the defendant will appear at a later stage in the criminal justice
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process.
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, 15) Currently, five general types of punishment are in use in the United States. Wh
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ich of the following is NOT one of these punishments?
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A) probation
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16) Defendants can appeal their convictions on legal or constitutional grounds. Whic
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h of the following is an example of a constitutional ground on which a defend
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ant may appeal a conviction?
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17) Defendants can appeal their convictions on legal or constitutional grounds. Whic
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h of the following is an example of a legal ground on which a defendant may a
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ppeal a conviction?
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B) It is given before prisoners have served their full sentences.
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C) It includes modifying the verdict of a lower court and reversing it.
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D) It is granted, by default, by all jurisdictions in the United States.
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19) In the United States, the states that do not utilize preliminary hearings sch
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