Miami Dade College, Miami - CRIMINAL J CCI 1126

Chapter 1 Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1)Which of the following is NOT an area in which media portraits of crime and justice influence public perceptions?

1. 1. What behaviors should be criminalized
   2. Who should be punished
   3. What the punishment should be
   4. Who should be in charge of punishments

2. Which of the following is an example of a memorial criminal justice policy?
   1. Boston Gun Project
   2. Megan’s Law
   3. CSI
   4. Victims of Crime Act

3. A high profile murder case ended a year ago and images of the defendant during the case are still appearing in the local news, on various Internet sites, and even in select movies. This is an example of which of the following?
   1. Looping
   2. Narrowcasting
   3. Interactivity
   4. a Mediated Experience

4. Which of the following is NOT a general example of how media can serve as a powerful potential solution to crime?
   1. By helping to reduce violence and drug use
   2. By deterring criminal acts
   3. By providing the public with up-to-date footage of all major crime cases
   4. By bolstering the image of the criminal justice system

5. Which of the following is NOT one of the four general types of media?
   1. Print
   2. Sound
   3. Visual
   4. Internet

6. In early U.S. Penny Press newspapers, crime was portrayed according to what orientation?
   1. Race-oriented
   2. Gender-oriented
   3. Class-oriented
   4. All of the above

7. Which of the following is a major difference between contemporary print media and contemporary electronic media?
   1. Each contains different types of messages.
   2. Print media is easier to select or avoid based on consumer preferences.
   3. Print media has fewer images.
   4. Print media is part of mass media while electronic media is not.

8. Radio crime-and-justice programming have provided the model for which of the following:
   1. modern-day crime and justice reality programming
   2. the contemporary stereotypes of criminals and criminal justice
   3. the exploitation of sensational heinous crimes
   4. all of the above

9. Which type of media was the first to blanket all of society, meaning that content was available for the first time to every social, economic, and intellectual stratum?
   1. Radio
   2. Film
   3. Television
   4. Internet

10. In 1975, crime shows accounted for approximately what percentage of prime time schedules?
    1. 20 percent
    2. 40 percent
    3. 60 percent
    4. 80 percent

11. In which type of New Media is interactivity MOST apparent?
    1. Chat rooms
    2. Blogs
    3. Video Games
    4. Internet vote sites

12. Kelly, a news producer, notes that the public has been particularly interested in public school system sex scandals for a 6-week span and decides to feature similar stories. Kelly is selecting her news stories based on which of the following models?
    1. Market model
    2. Manipulative model
    3. Organizational model
    4. None of the above

13. Which of the following BEST describes the impact of infotainment on crime-and justice portraits?
    1. Infotainment presents crime-and-justice news in a completely factual and entertaining manner.
    2. Infotainment completely disregards the integrity of crime-and-justice news and no part of infotainment is based on reality.
    3. Infotainment tries to present crime-and-justice news in a realistic manner, but fails to do so.
    4. Infotainment presents realistic events and circumstances, but the events are highly stylized and edited

14. Which of the following is an early example of a media trial?
    1. the film To Kill a Mockingbird
    2. the Lizzie Borden ax murder trial
    3. the Patty Hearst trial
    4. all of the above

15. Which of the following is NOT one of the five realities for why twenty-first-century media is important to crime-and-justice?
    1. Mass media is an electronic, visually dominated media
    2. The U.S. media is in a paternalistic relationship with the government
    3. Media must be understood as a collection of for-profit businesses
    4. Media businesses exist within a highly competitive environment

True/False

1. Technological progress has resulted in growing concerns, such as the direct criminogenic media effects on copycat crime and media-oriented terrorism.

2. Media and technology are simultaneously perceived as both a major cause of crime and violence and a powerful potential solution to crime.

3. Comic book portrayals of crime-and-justice have always included all of the following: crime-fighting policeman, private detectives, and costumed superheroes.

4. The first visual media criminals were descendants of street gang members, often portrayed in dime novels.

5. The creation of crime news is best understood through the organizational model.

6. The following model represents the oldest entertainment crime story structure: crime → chase → capture.

7. Unlike some other more reliable types of media, magazines and web sites are often unreliable because their stories are underdeveloped and they often focus on only the most interesting stories.

8. Most people experience crime and justice first-hand, rather than through mediated experiences.