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criminal justice exam 1 answer keyWhich American president launched the "war on crime"? - correct answer ✔✔Lyndon B. Johnson
Which of the following was not one of the causes of fear and subsequent public demand for more
effective law enforcement in the 1960's? - correct answer ✔✔police corruption
The President's "war on crime" resulted in the 1968 passage of a major piece of federal legislation. What
was it? - correct answer ✔✔omnibus crime control and safe streets act
Criminologists serving on the President's Crime Commission concluded that criminal justice needed to
do all of the following to improve except... - correct answer ✔✔secure the borders of our country
Of the following, which was the purpose of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA)? -
correct answer ✔✔all answers are correct
The LEAA was most effective in... - correct answer ✔✔Establishing criminal justice education programs
In contrast to the Burger Supreme Court, the Warren Court appeared to support... - correct answer
✔✔Due process
Theories of crime causation that refer to body type, heredity or intelligence are... - correct answer
✔✔Biological Theories
Which of the below is likely to have the most impact on public perception of crime? - correct answer
✔✔The media.
The first known written legal document, which dates back to perhaps 1900 B.C., was known as the? -
correct answer ✔✔Code of Hammurabi
, Which was used as a system of due process to determine the truth? - correct answer ✔✔Both answers
are correct
American criminal law is based on... - correct answer ✔✔All the answers are correct
Case law is law that... - correct answer ✔✔
A ruling handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court would be an example of? - correct answer ✔✔
The understanding "right from wrong" test of criminal responsibility is known as the? - correct answer
✔✔M'Naghten Rule
The shooting of an armed robber by a police officer would generally be called? - correct answer
✔✔Justifiable homicide
Your neighbor is arrested, convicted, and sentenced to a term of 3 years in a state prison. He has been
convicted of a(n): - correct answer ✔✔Felony
The Durham Rule extended the concept of absence of criminal responsibility to include persons
__________________ at the time an unlawful act is committed. - correct answer ✔✔Suffering from
defective mental condition
Natural law refers to: - correct answer ✔✔Principles which determined what is right and wrong for any
community of rational beings
Which of the following is not an element of the definition of crime? - correct answer ✔✔Consent
Skinny Pete borrowed a large some of money from a loan shark named Tuco. After Skinny Pete failed to
pay on time,Tuco waited for Skinny Pete to go to work. Then, using a pry bar to open a side door to
Pete's residence, Tuco stole several valuable items that paid the debt. What crime did Tuco commit? -
correct answer ✔✔Burglary
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