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CJ exam #1As an institution of social control, criminal justice differs from the family, schools, organized religion, the
media, and the law in that it - correct answer ✔✔is generally society's "last line of defense."
Like the family, schools, organized religion, the media, and the law, criminal justice is a(n) - correct
answer ✔✔institution of social control.
American criminal justice consists of three main agencies. What are these agencies? - correct answer
✔✔Police, Courts, and Corrections
Which of the following types of offenses may be punishable by death in the United States? - correct
answer ✔✔a felony
The term "jurisdiction," as used in your text, means - correct answer ✔✔a politically defined
geographical area.
During which of the following stages is an administrative record of an arrest made? - correct answer
✔✔Booking
A suspect becomes a defendant after - correct answer ✔✔one or more charges have been filed.
The purpose of a(n) ________ is for a judge to determine whether there is probable cause to believe
that the defendant committed the crime or crimes with which he or she is charged. - correct answer
✔✔preliminary hearing
The primary purpose of a(n) ________ is to hear the formal information or indictment and to allow the
defendant to enter a plea. - correct answer ✔✔arraignment
About ________ of criminal defendants plead guilty to the charges against them in an arrangement
called plea bargaining. - correct answer ✔✔95 percent
, Cases that are not resolved through plea bargaining or by a jury trial are decided by a judge in a(n) -
correct answer ✔✔bench trial.
One of the main purposes of an arraignment is to - correct answer ✔✔allow the defendant to enter a
plea.
Currently, five general types of punishment are in use in the United States. name them. - correct answer
✔✔Incapacitation, deterrence, retribution, rehabilitation and restoration.
Defendants can appeal their convictions on legal or constitutional grounds. Which of the following is an
example of a constitutional ground on which a defendant may appeal a conviction? - correct answer
✔✔illegal search and seizure
Which of the following statements is true of parole? - correct answer ✔✔It is given before prisoners
have served their full sentences.
Because there is considerable conflict and confusion between different agencies of criminal justice, an
accurate way of defining American criminal justice may be to call it - correct answer ✔✔a nonsystem.
When politically conservative values are dominant in society, the principles and policies of ________
seem to dominate the operation of criminal justice. - correct answer ✔✔the crime control model
According to the crime control model of criminal justice, the most important function of criminal justice
is - correct answer ✔✔the control of criminal behavior.
The due process model is based on the doctrine of - correct answer ✔✔legal guilt.
Which of the following is a condition of legal guilt? - correct answer ✔✔the right to counsel
Which of the following is a problem associated with finding an appropriate definition of crime? - correct
answer ✔✔Many dangerous and harmful behaviors are not defined as crimes, while many less
dangerous and less harmful behaviors are.
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