Into To Criminal Justice Final Exam

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Most police officers exercise very little discretion

False

Posse Comitatus Act prohibits

US personnel from direct participation in civilian law enforcement

In Medieval England, The senior law enforcement figure was the

Shire reeve

Which of the following is not one of the 3 primary goals of police patrol function

To investigate crime

Local police answer to State police who answer to federal police (True or False)

False

Watchman style

Emphasizes preserving social order to keep people happy

Legalistic style

Employs alternative strategies

Service style

Emphasizes making arrests and allowing the courts to resolve incidents

T or F: Racial profiling occurs when suspicion of illegal activity is based on a persons race

True

4th amendment protects our rights pertaining to

Police search and seizures

Term used to describe the use of computer software to identify geographic hot spots

Crime mapping

The____ theory, vandalism and criminal activity occur when urban areas show physical signs of degradation

Broken window theory

Which federal agency is the oldest and responsible for judicial security

US Marshals Service

Name one type of crime that the vice squad focuses on

Prostitution and drugs

T/F The plain view doctrine maintains that police officers have lawful right to their senses

True

Which of the following of the Miranda warning is false

None of the above

Which technology advances allows suspects to be identified

DNA testing

Which law enforcement agency is responsible for investigating counterfeiting in the US?

US secret service

Which is not one of the 4 major exceptions that police officers obtain a warrant before conducting a search?

The trunk of a car when an officer arrests someone

Which is suspicion based on facts or circumstances that justifies stopping and sometimes searching an individual thought?

Reasonable suspicion

T/F A detective must provide known facts demonstrating proof beyond reasonable doubt?

False

T/F police officers of color must deal with the challenge of double marginality

True

Which is not a legitimate use of physical force?

A place officer uses physical force to arrest a complainant suspect

Which is is not true about the procedural law that controls the activities of law enforcement?

Procedural law never changes, mAKING IT EAST FOR THE POLICE ReENFORCE THE Law

6th amendment

Right to speedy and public trial

An order from a superior court calling up for review the record of a case from a lower court

Writ of centeori

T/F the 8 amendment prohibits excessive bail and excessive fines

True

What pre-trial release option did the judge use?

Release on recongance (ROR)

Which is not a programs fro providing defense attorneys to represent poor defendants?

Prosecutor systems

Federal Judicial System includes

All of the above

Which is not one of the factors that a jurisdictional decision is based upon?

The seniority of the judge

Subpoena

An order requiring a witness to appear in court

Y/N A prosecutor told Janet that she may be facing the death penalty if she elects to plead guilty was it legal?

Yes

What is the minimum number of justices that must agree to hear a case on appeal?

4

T/F US district courts have jurisdiction over felony cases

True

A grant of a writ of certiorari by the us Supreme Court is

The us supreme. Courts decision to review a case

The standard of proof for jurors making a decision in a civil trial is

Preponderance of evidence

Which is NOT one of the criticisms?

All of the above are criticisms faced by the court systems

T/F Nolo contendere pleas are often entered by defendants in criminal trials

True

T/F criminal court judges decide which cases are brought before them for trial

False

Steve agrees to plead guilty to a single robbery instead of being tried for robbery, burglary and assault. Plea bargain is callled

Horizontal plea

Sentence refers to a term of incarceration with a stated minimum and maximum length

Indeterminate

When a criminal trial is conducted without a jury it is called

Bench trial

T/F Venire is the process in which potential jury panel is questioned to see who are fair and impartial

False

T/F Us magistrates have the authority to adjudicate misdemeanor offense

True

Preventive detention is

The practice of holding dangerous suspects before trails with/out bail

Directs a person to produce the prisoner and justify the prisoners detention The great writ

writ of heabus corpus

The grand jury’s role is to

All of the above

What important lessons did he identify for the class

The need for improved training and supervision of correction officers

T/F the us is in the majority of countries that still use the death penalty

False

The term “civil mortus” refers to

Both of the above

An administrative act by a a parole authority that removes a person from parole is response to a new crime is known as

Revocation

Auburn prison 1817: how were inmates managed in prison?

Both answers a and c above

T/F the innocent project has exonerated more that 300 people who were convicted of crimes that they didn’t commit

True

Intermediate sanctions

Include fines, house arrest, and electronic monitoring

T/F according to the concept off general deterrence, the punishment of a single offender sets an example for the rest of the society

True

T/F the courts have ruled that women can be excused Ed from the core duties

False

The 1st American penitentiary was

The walnut street jail

What is an example of a technical violation?

Failing a drug test

How is excessive bail defined?

Both answers c and d above

Which about probation is not true?

None of the above

Which is not a major function associated with jails?

To serve as the primary location for housing convicted felons

T/F The violent gang oriented inmate culture found many male jails and prison is also normal culture in female prisons

False

Which is not of of those substantive rights?

The right to privacy in their cell

Nolo contendere is

Answers b and c

Which best defines identifying the prisonization process?

Assimilation into the existing prison culture

What does the term recidivism mean?

Continuing to break the criminal law and returning to the criminal justice system after being processed for past offenses

T/F more than 90% of all parolees successfully complete parole

False

The famous college study that showed the dynamics that developed between prisoners and officers

Florida state university

What is another term form restrictive housing?

Solitary confinement

The report a probation officer prepares to assist a judge in making sentencing decisions

Pre-sentencing investigation

Which form of correctional supervision currently has the most people under its control in the US

Probation

T/F the federal administrative maximum facility in Florence, Colorado was built to confine the most dangerous state inmates

False