Deck 6: Criminal Justice

Question 1

Plea bargaining is opposed for all of these reasons EXCEPT

A) it can be viewed as self-incrimination.
B) it weakens respect for the criminal justice system.
C) it weakens the deterrent effect of the criminal justice system.
D) it lengthens trials.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The cases of Gideon v.Wainwright and Escobedo v.Illinois both deal with

A) the right to own a firearm.
B) the right to legal counsel.
C) the right to medicinal marijuana.
D) the Fourth Amendment guarantee against unreasonable searches and seizures.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The statistics we have on crime come from the

A) state attorneys general offices.
B) Office of Homeland Security.
C) investigative branch of Congress.
D) FBI but may not be very accurate.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Nonserious or victimless crimes include

A) prostitution.
B) assault.
C) robbery.
D) white-collar crime.

Question 5

Recidivism refers to

A) committing a crime after already being convicted of a crime.
B) the rehabilitation rate for repeat offenders.
C) New York City's attempt to cut down on petty crime.
D) The process of convicting criminals.

Question 6

The national government - not the state - would most probably prosecute a case involving

A) murder.
B) counterfeiting.
C) robbery.
D) auto theft.

Question 7

Since the early 1990s, crime rates have

A) doubled.
B) increased slightly.
C) remained unchanged.
D) decreased.

Question 8

The major responsibility for law enforcement in the U.S.rests with

A) federal law enforcement agencies.
B) the CIA.
C) state and local government.
D) county governments.

Question 9

The social-heterogeneity explanation of crime points to

A) capitalistic exploitation and poverty.
B) the multiethnic, multiracial nature of America.
C) an inherited genetic propensity for crime.
D) the lure of excitement and "action" on the streets.

Question 10

The case of Furman v.Georgia dealt with

A) the Eighth Amendment and medicinal marijuana.
B) the Eighth Amendment and capital punishment.
C) the Fourteenth Amendment and the right to counsel.
D) the Fourteenth Amendment and the right to own a firearm.

Question 11

California, in its Proposition 19, differed from other states in attempting

A) to legalize medical marijuana.
B) to legalize marijuana for recreational purposes.
C) to make possession of marijuana a crime.
D) to pass laws concerning marijuana use more stringent than federal law.

Question 12

To be effective, deterrence should be

A) swift, flexible, and severe.
B) certain, flexible, and swift.
C) swift, certain, and severe.
D) certain, flexible, and severe.

Question 13

Overall drug use in the United States today appears to be decades ago.Since the mid-1990s, drug use has .

A) higher; increased
Than two or three
B) lower; increased
C) higher; remained unchanged
D) lower; decreased

Question 14

Which of these is true for hate crimes?

A) Conviction for a hate crime requires only proof of a motive of hate against a person or a person's race.
B) Hate crimes are given higher penalties than crimes from other motivations.
C) Most hate crimes are based on religious hostility.
D) Hate crimes were reported by the FBI beginning in 2002.

Question 15

Since 1990, for violent crime,

A) both the sentence and percentage of the sentence served have gone up.
B) the sentence has gone up but the percentage of the sentence served has gone down.
C) both the sentence and percentage of the sentence served have gone down.
D) the percentage of the sentence served has gone up, but the sentence has gone down.

Question 16

Which of the following policies to deal with the problem of illegal drugs receive the most generous funding from the government?

A) rehabilitation and prevention
B) interdiction and law enforcement
C) law enforcement and interdiction
D) treatment and law enforcement

Question 17

The exclusionary rule deals with which of these?

A) search and seizure
B) plea bargaining
C) evidence
D) the death penalty

Question 18

The rate of victimization, compared to the official crime rate, reflects

A) the decline in the U.S. crime rate.
B) little difference between the two measures.
C) the high rate of unreported crimes.
D) the low impact of deterrence as applied in the U.S.

Question 19

The Brady Law relates to

A) drug control.
B) terrorism.
C) the insanity defense.
D) gun purchases.

Question 20

Rudolph Giuliani's "broken windows" strategy advocated

A) less stringent enforcement for petty offenses such as panhandling.
B) stricter enforcement for petty offenses.
C) a forgiveness policy for the first offense.
D) a "three strikes and you're out" law.

Question 21

New York City's "broken windows" approach to law enforcement focused on organized crime.

Question 22

The case of Furman v.Georgia upheld the death penalty in cases involving violent crimes.

Question 23

The crime rate and the rate of victimization are roughly equal.

Question 24

In the vast majority of criminal cases, plea bargaining ends the case before a trial occurs.

Question 25

In the U.S., there is an inverse relation between the rate of violent crime and the rate of incarceration.

Question 26

The Supreme Court case of United States v.Miller upheld the Second Amendment right to bear arms.

Question 27

Crimes reported by the FBI do not include victimless crimes or white-collar crimes.

Question 28

Federal antidrug spending concentrates on rehabilitation.

Question 29

Prohibitions against hate speech have generally been upheld by the Supreme Court.

Question 30

The goal of deterrence is rehabilitation of criminals.