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, Schram, Introduction toCriminology
1. Crimes that are considered "an act which is not inherently immoral,
but become so because its commission is expressly forbidden by positive
law" are called ________.
a. mala in se
*b. mala prohibita
c. illegal
d. civil wrongs
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2. Once an offender is convicted and sentenced, they can be given all
of the following EXCEPT:
a. transferred to some type of community-based corrections
facility
*b. parole
c. probation
d. incarcerated
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3. The _________ has been used to collect information annually on the
use of illegal drugs by individuals in the United States and is one of
the largest surveys of drug use ever conducted in the United States.
*a. National Household Survey on Drug Abuse
b. Monitoring the Future
c. National Youth Gang Survey
d. National Youth Survey
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4. As social constructs change, some acts move from being deemed
________ to being declared _________, such as cell phone use while
driving.
a. legal; deviant
b. illegal; deviant
c. deviant; legal
*d. deviant; illegal
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,5. Participating law enforcement agencies are required to report on
officers who are killed or assaulted and meet all of the following
criteria EXCEPT:
a. being paid from governmental funds allocated for payment of
sworn law enforcement representatives
*b. wearing a uniform, with or without a badge
c. working in an official capacity
d. having full arrest powers
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6. According to conflict perspective, conflict is often resolved when
the group in power achieves _________.
*a. control
b. rank
c. order
d. status
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7. When other factors (Z) are actually causing two variables (X and Y)
to occur at the same time. When this happens, it may appear that as if
X is causing Y, when in fact they are both being caused by Z.
a. covariation
b. temporal ordering
c. correlation
*d. spuriousness
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8. The general purpose of the criminal justice system includes all of
the following EXCEPT:
a. control crime
b. prevent crime
*c. community support
d. provide and maintain justice
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9. ____________ conditions of probation are those that require the
offender to regularly report to their supervising officer, obey the
, laws, submitting to searches, and not possessing a firearm or using
drugs.
*a. general
b. shock
c. specific
d. supervision
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10. Courts of ____________ jurisdiction do not have power that extends
to the overall administration of justice; thus, they do not try felony
cases and do not have appellate authority.
*a. limited
b. appellate
c. general
d. concurrent
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11. The term criminal justice often refers to all of the following
EXCEPT:
a. corrections
*b. investigations
c. police
d. courts
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12. _________ is an example of residential sanctions (alternatives to
jail or prison sentences).
a. electronic monitoring
b. day reporting centers
c. house arrest
*d. halfway houses
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13. All of the following are types of prisons EXCEPT:
a. maximum
*b. standard
c. supermax
d. medium
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