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Homework answers / question archive / CJ101: INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE M2A1 Quiz Which of the following refers to an improper or illegal inducement to crime by enforcement agents? Group of answer choices Police fraud Entrapment Collateral estoppel Prosecutorial misconduct Which type of law is also known as the "law on the books"? Group of answer choices Statutory law Natural law Procedural law Administrative law The principle of recognizing previous decisions as precedents to guide future deliberations is called ________
CJ101: INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE M2A1 Quiz
Which type of law is also known as the "law on the books"?
Group of answer choices
Statutory law
Natural law
Procedural law
Administrative law
The principle of recognizing previous decisions as precedents to guide future deliberations is called ________.
Group of answer choices
stare decisis
corpus delicti
actus reus
mens rea
In general, deadly force may be used in the defense of home and property.
Group of answer choices
True
False
Mental incompetence refers to the offender's mental condition at which point in time?
Group of answer choices
At the time the crime was committed
At the time the offender was arrested
Immediately prior to prosecution
During the sentencing hearing
A defendant who has been acquitted in criminal court can be tried in civil court without violating the principle of double jeopardy.
Group of answer choices
True
False
A legal defense in which the defendant claims that some personal condition or circumstance exists that prevents the defendant from being held accountable under the law is called a(n) ________.
Group of answer choices
alibi
procedural defense
justification
excuse
________ requires that the criminal act and the mental state occur together in order for a crime to take place.
Group of answer choices
Causation
Attendant circumstance
Concurrence
Corpus delicti
On your way to work, you hit and kill a pedestrian because you were texting and talking on your cell phone while driving. Which type of mens rea most likely exists in this situation?
Group of answer choices
Reckless
Negligent
Purposeful
Knowing
Which of the following is an example of procedural law?
Group of answer choices
The law that defines the crime of first degree and specifies the appropriate punishment
A vehicle regulation law
A law that specifies when a search warrant may be issued to the police
A law that places restrictions on how a corporation may dispose of hazardous waste
Denial of a speedy trial is an example of a procedural defense.
Group of answer choices
True
False
Which constitutional amendment guarantees the right to a speedy trial?
Group of answer choices
Fourth
Eighth
Fifth
Sixth
The body of rules and regulations that define and specify the nature of and punishments for offenses of a public nature for wrongs committed against the state or society is called ________.
Group of answer choices
criminal law
procedural law
administrative law
civil law
It is necessary to establish every element of a crime beyond a reasonable doubt in order to find a defendant guilty of that crime.
Group of answer choices
True
False
Which of the following refers to the criminal act element of the crime?
Group of answer choices
Actus reus
Mens rea
Corpus delicti
Concurrence
Sarah is accused of murdering her husband. She claims that she killed him after having been severely physically and sexually abused by her husband for years. Sarah is most likely using which defense?
Group of answer choices
Insanity
Provocation
Necessity
Duress
You fail to observe the speed limit in a school zone and hit a child. This is an example of negligent behavior.
Group of answer choices
True
False
The rule of law allows people to disagree with the law but not to disobey the law.
Group of answer choices
True
False
________ is the philosophy of law.
Group of answer choices
Mens rea
The penal code
Jurisprudence
The M'Naghten rule
In which of the following situations can an offender claim the constitutional protection of double jeopardy?
Group of answer choices
The members of the trial jury cannot agree on a verdict, resulting in a hung jury, and the state orders a new trial.
The offender's conviction has been set aside because of a procedural error and the state plans to retry him on the same charges.
After the offender was acquitted, new evidence conclusively proving his guilt was uncovered and the prosecutor calls for a new trial.
After the offender was acquitted in criminal court, he is tried in civil court.
The central purpose of fusion centers is information sharing.
Group of answer choices
True
False
The ability of police officers to make choices such as whether or not to investigate is known as ________.
Group of answer choices
chain of command
span of control
professionalism
discretion
Which agency head is most likely to be an elected official?
Group of answer choices
The chief of a big city police department
The director of a federal law enforcement agency
The county sheriff
The chief of a small municipal police department
Which police strategy emphasizes an increased capacity to deal with crimes that are NOT well controlled by traditional methods?
Group of answer choices
Problem-solving policing
Strategic policing
Community policing
Team policing
Strategic policing includes a focus on nontraditional kinds of criminals.
Group of answer choices
True
False
The first modern state police agency was created in which state?
Group of answer choices
South Carolina
Pennsylvania
Georgia
North Carolina
The results of the 1974 Kansas City experiment on preventive patrol suggest that ________.
Group of answer choices
preventable crimes will decrease when patrol frequency is increased
preventable crimes will increase in areas where the police do not patrol
citizens' fear of crime will decrease in areas where the police reduce patrol frequency
preventable crimes are not affected by police patrol
The centralized model of state policing ________.
Group of answer choices
is no longer commonly used in the United States
is characteristic of state police in the southern United States
combines criminal investigations with patrol of state highways
frequently requires states to have a number of adjunct state-level law enforcement agencies
Which of the following is a reason for the rapid growth of the private security sector in the U.S.?
Group of answer choices
Increasing rates of overall crime
An increase in acts of domestic terrorism
State fiscal crises
Reduced trust in public police
Which of the following statements best describes police involvement in enforcing the law?
Group of answer choices
The police spend the majority of their time involved in law enforcement activities.
The police are able to enforce all laws.
The police are expected to support the law.
Most police officers are involved in intensive, ongoing crime-fighting activities.
Police discretion includes the decision whether or not to make an arrest.
Group of answer choices
True
False
The broken windows model of policing is most relevant to the service provision role of the police.
Group of answer choices
True
False
The broken windows model of policing focuses on which element of the police mission?
Group of answer choices
Enforcing and supporting the law
Investigating crimes and apprehending offenders
Providing needed enforcement-related services
Preserving the peace
Police-community relations (PCR) ________.
Group of answer choices
recognizes that the police derive their legitimacy from the community they serve
emphasizes the need for less citizen participation in law enforcement
encourages increased police emphasis on the apprehension of offenders
has been used exclusively in metropolitan areas
Which federal agency is responsible for managing the database of DNA profiles of offenders?
Group of answer choices
Drug Enforcement Administration
U.S. Secret Service
U.S. Customs
Federal Bureau of Investigation
A decentralized state police agency often operates two agencies: a highway patrol and a state bureau of investigation.
Group of answer choices
True
False
A police chief instructs officers to write tickets for any motorists who are going at least one mile per hour above the speed limit. This department is most likely operating under the ________ style of policing.
Group of answer choices
watchman
reform
legalistic
service
According to the Kansas City study on response time, the reason why rapid police response to citizen reports of crime does NOT increase the number of arrests is that ________.
Group of answer choices
there are not enough police officers on the street to respond to all calls
police departments do not train officers well
citizens do not report the event to the police until a considerable amount of time passes
police officers do not drive fast enough to get to the crime scene
During the reform era, police focused on professional crime fighting and on capturing offenders.
Group of answer choices
True
False
Interpol agents are able to make arrests in member countries.
Group of answer choices
True
False
Statutory law
stare decisis
False
Immediately prior to prosecution
True
excuse
Concurrence
Negligent
option A
True
Sixth
criminal law
True
Actus reus
Duress
False
True
Jurisprudence
After the offender was acquitted, new evidence conclusively proving his guilt was uncovered and the prosecutor calls for a new trial.
True
discretion
The county sheriff
Strategic policing
True
Pennsylvania
preventable crimes are not affected by police patrol
combines criminal investigations with patrol of state highways
State fiscal crises
The police are expected to support the law.
True
False
Preserving the peace
recognizes that the police derive their legitimacy from the community they serve
Federal Bureau of Investigation
True
legalistic
citizens do not report the event to the police until a considerable amount of time passes
True
False
