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,Chapter_1 Crime Criminal_Justice and_Scientific_Inquiry

True / False
1. We live in a world of two realities; agreement and empirical.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: 4
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: RMCJ.MAXF.11.4 - 4

2. Casual human inquiry is a more rigorous way of investigation than probability and causality.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: 7
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: RMCJ.MAXF.11.5 - 5

3. The keystone of inquiry is observation.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: 10
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: RMCJ.MAXF.11.4 - 4

4. We can understand something by knowing the why before the what.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: 10
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: RMCJ.MAXF.11.2 - 2

5. Selective observation is a danger of overgeneralization.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: 11
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: RMCJ.MAXF.11.5 - 5




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,Chapter_1 Crime Criminal_Justice and_Scientific_Inquiry

6. Value is a relative concept and cannot be settled by science.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: 12
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: RMCJ.MAXF.11.5 - 5

7. A vast number of norms and rules in society create regularity.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: 12
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: RMCJ.MAXF.11.6 - 6

8. Four purposes of research are exploration, description, explanation, and application.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: 12
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: RMCJ.MAXF.11.1 - 1

Multiple Choice
9. According to the text, most criminal justice professionals (especially supervisors) routinely review:
a. computer readouts and news reports
b. archived and updated spreadsheets
c. performance reports and statistical tabulations
d. databases

ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: 4
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: RMCJ.MAXF.11.2 - 2

10. The objective of the text is to help future criminal justice professionals become:
a. informed consumers of research
b. informed consumers of books
c. experts in the department of justice
d. expert readers

ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: 4
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: RMCJ.MAXF.11.1 - 1



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, Chapter_1 Crime Criminal_Justice and_Scientific_Inquiry

11. We live in a world of two realities known as:
a. expressed and assumed
b. experiential and agreement
c. expressed and agreement
d. experiential and assumed

ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: 6
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: RMCJ.MAXF.11.4 - 4

12. Things we know from direct experience are a direct result of which type of reality?
a. agreement
b. expressed
c. assumed
d. experiential

ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: 6
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: RMCJ.MAXF.11.4 - 4

13. Things we consider real because we’ve been told they are real is an example of:
a. agreement reality
b. expressed reality
c. assumed reality
d. experiential reality

ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: 6
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: RMCJ.MAXF.11.4 - 4

14. A research project concerning law enforcement that produces an alternative view of a practice represents:
a. known reality
b. expressed reality
c. empirical reality
d. experiential reality

ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: 6
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: RMCJ.MAXF.11.4 - 4




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