CRCJ 1010 Final Exam questions n
correct answers 2025/2026
D - correct answer ✔✔Which statement(s) describe the criminal justice system?
A. Law enforcement agencies, courts, correctional agencies
B. agencies directly responsible for protecting the public, maintaining order, enforcing the law,
identifying transgressors, bringing the guilty to justice, and treating criminal behavior
C. agencies directly involved in the apprehension, prosecution and control of those charged
with criminal offenses
D. all of the above
True - correct answer ✔✔(T/F) At its core, the criminal justice system is designed to protect the
public from people who cannot abide by or obey law
True - correct answer ✔✔(T/F) Almost 90% of criminal cases end in a plea bargain rather than a
criminal trial
Rehabilitation - correct answer ✔✔According to this justice perspective, the criminal justice
system serves as a mechanism of caring for and treating people who cannot manage
themselves. It assumes people are at the mercy of social, economic, and interpersonal
conditions
Restorative Justice - correct answer ✔✔Which justice perspective advocates mediation rather
than coercive punishment?
The West and the South - correct answer ✔✔Which regions of the U.S. usually have significantly
higher rates of crime?
,C - correct answer ✔✔Which statement is not true?
A. Young people face a much higher rate of victimization than older individuals
B. About 2/3 of all attacks against women are committed by a husband, boyfriend, family
member or acquaintance
C. Married people are victimized more often than unmarried ones
D. African Americans are victimized at a higher rate than other racial groups
False - correct answer ✔✔(T/F) Crime rates have trended upward from 1993 to today
E - correct answer ✔✔In the broadest of sense, correctional agencies in the criminal justice
system include:
A. Prisons
B. Jails
C. Community supervision
D. Parole
E. All of the above
F. Only a and b above
C - correct answer ✔✔If the prosecution can present sufficient evidence, the grand jury will
issue a ____________, which requires the exact charges on which the accused must stand trial
a. nolo contendere
b. information
c. true bill of indictment
, d. nolo prosequi
Developmental - correct answer ✔✔According to ____________ theory, disruptions in life's
major transitions can be destructive and ultimately can promote criminality
True - correct answer ✔✔(T/F) With the exception of strict liability crimes, both the Actus Reus
and Mens Rea must be present for the act to be considered a crime
D - correct answer ✔✔Regardless of its source, all criminal laws in the United States must
conform to the rules and dictates of the
A. U.S attorney's office
B. U.S Court of Appeals
C. U.S Senate
D. U.S Constitution
B - correct answer ✔✔The bill of rights contains the first _____ amendments to the US
constitution
A. Five
B. Ten
C. Fifteen
D. Twenty
B - correct answer ✔✔Steve has been arrested for selling marijuana in Omaha. He was on drugs
at the time of his arrest and he doesn't understand why he is in trouble. The police are
demanding to know Steve's supplier and they wont let Steve eat or drink until he confesses.
What right protects Steve from this interrogation?
correct answers 2025/2026
D - correct answer ✔✔Which statement(s) describe the criminal justice system?
A. Law enforcement agencies, courts, correctional agencies
B. agencies directly responsible for protecting the public, maintaining order, enforcing the law,
identifying transgressors, bringing the guilty to justice, and treating criminal behavior
C. agencies directly involved in the apprehension, prosecution and control of those charged
with criminal offenses
D. all of the above
True - correct answer ✔✔(T/F) At its core, the criminal justice system is designed to protect the
public from people who cannot abide by or obey law
True - correct answer ✔✔(T/F) Almost 90% of criminal cases end in a plea bargain rather than a
criminal trial
Rehabilitation - correct answer ✔✔According to this justice perspective, the criminal justice
system serves as a mechanism of caring for and treating people who cannot manage
themselves. It assumes people are at the mercy of social, economic, and interpersonal
conditions
Restorative Justice - correct answer ✔✔Which justice perspective advocates mediation rather
than coercive punishment?
The West and the South - correct answer ✔✔Which regions of the U.S. usually have significantly
higher rates of crime?
,C - correct answer ✔✔Which statement is not true?
A. Young people face a much higher rate of victimization than older individuals
B. About 2/3 of all attacks against women are committed by a husband, boyfriend, family
member or acquaintance
C. Married people are victimized more often than unmarried ones
D. African Americans are victimized at a higher rate than other racial groups
False - correct answer ✔✔(T/F) Crime rates have trended upward from 1993 to today
E - correct answer ✔✔In the broadest of sense, correctional agencies in the criminal justice
system include:
A. Prisons
B. Jails
C. Community supervision
D. Parole
E. All of the above
F. Only a and b above
C - correct answer ✔✔If the prosecution can present sufficient evidence, the grand jury will
issue a ____________, which requires the exact charges on which the accused must stand trial
a. nolo contendere
b. information
c. true bill of indictment
, d. nolo prosequi
Developmental - correct answer ✔✔According to ____________ theory, disruptions in life's
major transitions can be destructive and ultimately can promote criminality
True - correct answer ✔✔(T/F) With the exception of strict liability crimes, both the Actus Reus
and Mens Rea must be present for the act to be considered a crime
D - correct answer ✔✔Regardless of its source, all criminal laws in the United States must
conform to the rules and dictates of the
A. U.S attorney's office
B. U.S Court of Appeals
C. U.S Senate
D. U.S Constitution
B - correct answer ✔✔The bill of rights contains the first _____ amendments to the US
constitution
A. Five
B. Ten
C. Fifteen
D. Twenty
B - correct answer ✔✔Steve has been arrested for selling marijuana in Omaha. He was on drugs
at the time of his arrest and he doesn't understand why he is in trouble. The police are
demanding to know Steve's supplier and they wont let Steve eat or drink until he confesses.
What right protects Steve from this interrogation?
