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Intro to Criminal Justice- UTPBWhat is social control? - correct answer ✔✔rules, habits, and customs a society uses to enforce
conformity to its norms
The protection of _______ is an integral part of the functioning of law enforcement. - correct answer
✔✔individual rights
This is an action taken by a person or group of people that violates the rules of society to the point that
someone is harmed or society's interests are harmed. - correct answer ✔✔crime
This social institution controls crime by detecting, detaining, adjudicating, and punishing and/or
rehabilitating people who break the law. - correct answer ✔✔criminal justice
Which is not a step of the criminal justice process? - correct answer ✔✔offense
What public expectation does the crime control model of criminal justice describe? - correct answer
✔✔the expectation of an efficient criminal justice system
What public expectation does the due process model of criminal justice describe? - correct answer
✔✔the expectation of a just and fair criminal justice system
What does the wedding-cake model of criminal justice do? - correct answer ✔✔all the above
Put the layers of the wedding-cake model of criminal justice in order. - correct answer ✔✔a) the top
layer: cases that receive the most attention; the middle layer: grave felonies; the fourth layer: less
serious offenses
Which is not a violent crime offense? - correct answer ✔✔arson
, What are three logistical obstacles to measuring crime effectively and efficiently? - correct answer ✔✔all
the above
What is the Uniform Crime Reports? - correct answer ✔✔a cooperative statistical effort of law
enforcement agencies that voluntarily report data on the offenses they know about
What does the Uniform Crime Reports do? - correct answer ✔✔it compiles the volume and rate of four
violent crimes and four property crimes for the states and many jurisdictions.
Which data does the National Incident-Based Reporting System include? - correct answer ✔✔all the
above
What is the primary source of information on criminal victimization in the United States? - correct
answer ✔✔none of the above
Which scenario best describes the idea of the innocent victim? - correct answer ✔✔Two strangers rob a
gas station clerk.
Which is not the purpose of the victim-impact statement? - correct answer ✔✔The victim-impact
statement is the primary tool in the determination of the offender's exact sentence.
These are small-scale, person offenses such as a single- victim homicide, rape, robbery, assault, burglary,
and vandalism. - correct answer ✔✔street crime
In 2015, the United States had a population of 321,418,820 people, with a recorded 1,197,704 violent
criminal offenses, What was the violent crime rates in the United States during 2015? - correct answer
✔✔372.6 violent crimes per 100,000 people
What is the dark figure of crime? - correct answer ✔✔criminal offenses that do not get reported
Which is not an issue that guides precedent? - correct answer ✔✔authenticity
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