Criminal Justice: A Brief Introduction
Midterms 10th edition Ch. 1-6
Codified - correct answer ✔✔Once laws are written down in organized fashion
Penal code - correct answer ✔✔Written form of the law
Seek compensation - correct answer ✔✔The main objective of a civil lawsuit is to
____________________
Common law - correct answer ✔✔The traditional body of unwritten historical precedents created from
everyday social customs, rules, and practices
True - correct answer ✔✔It is uncommon to hear jurisdictions within the U.S reffered to as " common
law jurisdiction " or " common law states "
Rule of law - correct answer ✔✔Centerson the belief that an orderly society must be governed by
established principles and known codes that are applied uniformly.
Administrative law - correct answer ✔✔Tax laws, building codes, and health codes
Statutory law - correct answer ✔✔The acts of legislature
Civil law - correct answer ✔✔Rules for contracts, divorces, child support and custody, the creation of
wills, property transfers, libel, and many other contractual and social obligations
Criminal law - correct answer ✔✔Murder, rape, robbery, assaults
,Case law - correct answer ✔✔Under the law of precedent, the reasoning's of previous courts should be
taken into consideration by other courts in setting similar future cases.
Sixth - correct answer ✔✔Which constitutional amendment guarantees the right to a speedy trial ?
Reasonable force - correct answer ✔✔The degree of force that is appropriate in a given situation and
that is not excessive
False - correct answer ✔✔An offense that has been completed is called an inchoate offense
Inchoate offense - correct answer ✔✔An offense not yet completed
Espionage - correct answer ✔✔Gathering, transmitting, or losing of information related to the national
defense in such manner that the information becomes available to enemies of the U.S
True - correct answer ✔✔Espionage is the "gathering, transmitting, or losing" of information related to
the national defense in such manner that the information becomes available to enemies of the U.S
Ford v. Wainwright - correct answer ✔✔Which supreme court states that the prisoners who become
insane while incarcerated cannot be executed
Robbery - correct answer ✔✔This violation is NOT a misdemeanor
Insanity - correct answer ✔✔Woman is accused of murdering her brother, she claims that she stabbed
her brother to release the evil spirits within his body. This is an act of ______
Consent - correct answer ✔✔Falls under the category of justifications
, Knowingly - correct answer ✔✔Mens rea is mostly clearly present when a person acts ______
Self-defense - correct answer ✔✔Defense is used when a defense attorney claims that it was necessary
for someone to inflict harm on another to ensure his or her own safety in the face of near-certain injury
or death.
New era - correct answer ✔✔Which era is said to have grown out of national concerns with terrorism
prevention ?
Team policing - correct answer ✔✔Semipermanent assignment of officers to particular neighborhoods is
called ___________
Trojanowicz's community policing - correct answer ✔✔What may be the definite book on community
policing ?
True - correct answer ✔✔Police use their discretion to exercise choice in their daily activities
The reform era - correct answer ✔✔In what era of policing did police departments focus most of their
resources on solving " traditional " crime-fighting and the capture of criminals
Washington, D.C - correct answer ✔✔The FBI headquarters is located in what city ?
District - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following is NOT one of the three major levels of law
enforcement?
Directed patrol - correct answer ✔✔What strategy is designed to increase the productivity of patrol
officers through the application of scientific analysis and evaluation of patrol techniques
False - correct answer ✔✔Police Chiefs are elected, and the mayor usually appoints sheriffs
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