1st Semester Crim Exam Questions And Accurate Answers
Graded A+ 2024-2025
Sensational crime news stories provide a fairly accurate image of the types of crimé-by
which the average citizen is victimized. - Answer f
Usually, society turns to criminal justice only after other institutions of social control
have failed. - Answer T
A summary trial may be held in a felony case, - Answer F
In the case of a felony, a hearing is held to determine whether the defendant should be
released or whether there is probable cause to hold the defendant for a preliminary
hearing. - Answer T
A grand jury is a group of citizens who hear a criminal case during trial and decide upon
the defendant's guilt. - Answer f
Ex: Bail is the conditional release of prisoners before they have served their full
sentences. - Answer f
The crime control model places a premium on speed and finality. - Answer t
In the due process model, the factual guilt of suspects is not determined until the
suspects have had a full opportunity to discredit the charges against them. - Answer t
Neither the crime control model nor the due process model will likely control criminal
justice in their entirety in the future. - Answer t
,The list of calls for police services in OR shows what type of call for service to be the
most common?
A) burglar alarms
B) unwanted persons
C) violent offenses
D) prisoner transportation - Answer B) unwanted persons
Like the family, schools, organized religion, the media, and the law, criminal justice is
a(n)
A) institution of social control
B) private response to crime.
C) informal method of social control.
D) subtle social control. - Answer A) institution of social control.
Which of the following types of offenses may be punishable by death in the United
States?
A) libel
B) a misdemeanor
C) slander
D) a felony - Answer D) a felony
At which one of the following does an administrative record of an arrest occur?
A) Initial appearance
B) Booking
C) Preliminary hearing
D) Arraignment - Answer B) Booking
In the case of a misdemeanor or an ordinance violation a _______ may be held.
,A) summary trial
B) information
C) arrest warrant
D) grand jury - Answer A) summary trial
The purpose of a ______ is to hear the formal info and to allow the defendant to enter a
plea.
A) preliminary hearing
B) indictment
C) arraignment
D) initial appearance - Answer C) arraignment
Cases that are not resolved through plea bargaining or by a jury trial are decided by a
judge in a(n) A) grand jury.
B) indictment
C) bench trial.
D) arraignment. - Answer C) bench trial.
Currently, five general types of punishment are in use in the United States. Which of the
following is NOT one of these punishments?
A) probation
B) transportation
C) intermediate punishments
D) death - Answer B) transportation
Defendants can appeal their convictions on legal or constitutional grounds. Which of the
follówing is an example of a legal ground on which a defendant may appeal a
conviction? not
A) defects in the selection of the jury
, B) ineffective assistance of counsel
C) improper questioning of the defendant by the police
D) identification of the defendant through defective police lineup - Answer A) defects in
the selection of the jury
In the United States, the states that do not use preliminary hearings set an arraignment
date at the
A) initial appearance
B) summary trial
C) stage of booking
D) stage of arrest - Answer A) initial appearance
When politically conservative values are dominant in society, the principles and policies
of ____ seem to dominate the operation of criminal justice. - Answer crime control model
What is the key to the operation of the crime control model?
A) The defense of personal freedom
B) The doctrine of legal guilt
C) A focus on due process
D) presumption of guilt - Answer D) presumption of guilt
Which of the following is used to increase efficiency-meaning speed and finality-in the
crime control model?
A) a mistrial
B) plea bargaining
C) an appeal
D) a bench trial - Answer B) plea bargaining
Herbert Packer characterizes the due process model as
A) "assembly-line justice."
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