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CCJ 4700 FSU Exam 1 Questions and Correct
Answers | Latest Update
we live in a world of ______ realities
✓ -:- two
we live in a world of two realities: _________ and __________
✓ -:- experimental; agreement
__________ reality: the things we know from direct experience
✓ -:- experimental
__________ reality: the things we consider real because we've been told they're real, and
everyone else seems to agree they are real
"everybody knows" Social agreement about how things are
✓ -:- agreement
seldom solves crimes because investigators get most of their information from reports
prepared by patrol officers, who in turn get their information from victims and witnesses
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✓ -:- Clever detective work...
Compared police beats with three levels of preventive patrol.
Found no differences in crime rates, citizen satisfaction with police, fear of crime, or other
measures of police performance
✓ -:- Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment
____________: the production of knowledge based on experience or observation
✓ -:- empirical research
__________: The science of knowing (finding out)
How social scientific methods can be used to better understand crime and criminal justice
policy
✓ -:- methodology
two important sources of agreement reality: __________ and ___________
✓ -:- tradition; authority
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an example of ________ as a source of agreement reality is: driving on the left side of the
road in the US is dangerous.
We recognize that such patterns of cause and effect are probabilistic in nature.
✓ -:- tradition
an example of __________ as a source of agreement reality is: you are more likely to
believe a judge who declares that your next traffic violation will result in a suspension of
your license than your parents when they say the same thing
✓ -:- authority
even if you do not produce research, you are in active consumer of scientific information.
As a general citizen: election polls, public opinion
As a criminal justice practitioner: evidence-based practices
✓ -:- scientific knowledge
Can be greatly hindered by the legitimate authorities who err within their own special
province.
Also when we depend on the authority of experts speaking outside their realm of expertise.
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CCJ 4700 FSU Exam 1 Questions and Correct
Answers | Latest Update
we live in a world of ______ realities
✓ -:- two
we live in a world of two realities: _________ and __________
✓ -:- experimental; agreement
__________ reality: the things we know from direct experience
✓ -:- experimental
__________ reality: the things we consider real because we've been told they're real, and
everyone else seems to agree they are real
"everybody knows" Social agreement about how things are
✓ -:- agreement
seldom solves crimes because investigators get most of their information from reports
prepared by patrol officers, who in turn get their information from victims and witnesses
1|P a g e | G r a d e A + | 2 0 2 0 2 5
,2024 /2025 | © copyright | This work may not be copied for profit gain | Excel!
✓ -:- Clever detective work...
Compared police beats with three levels of preventive patrol.
Found no differences in crime rates, citizen satisfaction with police, fear of crime, or other
measures of police performance
✓ -:- Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment
____________: the production of knowledge based on experience or observation
✓ -:- empirical research
__________: The science of knowing (finding out)
How social scientific methods can be used to better understand crime and criminal justice
policy
✓ -:- methodology
two important sources of agreement reality: __________ and ___________
✓ -:- tradition; authority
2|P a g e | G r a d e A + | 2 0 2 0 2 5
, 2024 /2025 | © copyright | This work may not be copied for profit gain | Excel!
an example of ________ as a source of agreement reality is: driving on the left side of the
road in the US is dangerous.
We recognize that such patterns of cause and effect are probabilistic in nature.
✓ -:- tradition
an example of __________ as a source of agreement reality is: you are more likely to
believe a judge who declares that your next traffic violation will result in a suspension of
your license than your parents when they say the same thing
✓ -:- authority
even if you do not produce research, you are in active consumer of scientific information.
As a general citizen: election polls, public opinion
As a criminal justice practitioner: evidence-based practices
✓ -:- scientific knowledge
Can be greatly hindered by the legitimate authorities who err within their own special
province.
Also when we depend on the authority of experts speaking outside their realm of expertise.
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