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,True / False1. Politicians often try to be “tough on crime” without fully understanding the costs and consequences of such policies.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Crime and Justice as Public Policy Issues
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ASCJ.COLE.15.01.01 - 01.01
2. The administration of justice in a democracy differs from that in an authoritarian state in the nature and extent of the
protections provided for an accused person while guilt is determined and punishment imposed.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Types of Crime
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ASCJ.COLE.15.01.04 - 01.04
3. In a democracy, it is easy to maintain public order and protect individual freedom.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Defining Crime
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ASCJ.COLE.15.01.02 - 01.02
4. Conservatives believe in strict enforcement of the law by expanding police forces.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Defining Crime
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ASCJ.COLE.15.01.02 - 01.02
5. American laws reflect the desire to prevent unnecessary deprivations of liberty.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Defining Crime
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ASCJ.COLE.15.01.02 - 01.02
6. The crime control model assumes that the criminal justice system operates to emphasize efforts to repress crime.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Defining Crime
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ASCJ.COLE.15.01.02 - 01.02
7. The due process model is not concerned with freedom or liberty.
a. True
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, b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Defining Crime
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ASCJ.COLE.15.01.02 - 01.02
8. All countries of the world have the same definitions of rape as a crime.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Types of Crime
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ASCJ.Cole.15.01.03 - 01.03
9. Misdemeanors are usually punished by sentences of more than one year in prison.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Types of Crime
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ASCJ.Cole.15.01.03 - 01.03
10. Crime policies are often enacted that are popular, but do little to actually reduce crime.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Crime and Justice as Public Policy Issues
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ASCJ.COLE.15.01.01 - 01.01
11. Most types of occupational crime are profitable and do not come to the public’s attention.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Types of Crime
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ASCJ.COLE.15.01.04 - 01.04
12. Italian Americans are responsible for all organized crime.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Types of Crime
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ASCJ.Cole15.01.04 - 01.04
13. Visible crimes are typically committed by older career criminals in their 40s.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Types of Crime
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ASCJ.COLE.15.01.04 - 01.04
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, 14. In Western democracies, there are relatively few political crimes.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Types of Crime
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ASCJ.COLE.15.01.04 - 01.04
15. The risk of lethal violence is much higher in the United States than in other industrial democracies.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: The Crime Problem Today
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ASCJ.COLE.15.01.05 - 01.05
16. Legislators write and approve laws in their desire to address problems, please the public, and gain reelection.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: The Crime Problem Today
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ASCJ.COLE.15.01.05 - 01.05
17. In studying criminal justice, it is easy to keep track of crime because of the availability of accurate data.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: The Crime Problem Today
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ASCJ.COLE.15.01.05 - 01.05
18. The UCR and NCVS do not provide a clear picture of the amount of crime because of the differences in the way that
each measures crime.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: The Crime Problem Today
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ASCJ.COLE.15.01.05 - 01.05
19. FBI data show that crime is not continually increasing.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: The Crime Problem Today
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ASCJ.COLE.15.01.05 - 01.05
20. High-profile criminal cases are an accurate picture of the nature of crime in the United States.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
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