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CJ Midterm

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When was the term criminal justice first used?   After the findings of the American Bar Foundation Project  
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Most police officer jobs are found at what level?   Local  
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The CJ system is vast, employing more than 2.4 billion ppl and costing federal, state, and local governments:   about $200 billion per year  
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What are the three main components into which the contemporary CJ system is generally divided?   Law Enforcement, the courts, and the correctional system.  
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this branch of government is responsible for the day-to-day operation of justice agencies   executive  
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Which crime is not included on the list of Part I or index crimes that is documented in the Uniform Crime Reports?   Simple Assault  
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Which theory considers crime a product of transitional neighborhoods that manifest value conflict?   Social Disorganization  
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Criminal law is structured to reflect the preferences of those who hold social power, according to which view of crime?   the Interactionist view  
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Index crimes are a key unit of analysis in which crime data source?   Uniform Crime Reports  
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Which crime theory focuses on a person's bonds to society as a factor in preventing crime?   Social Control  
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The term terror was first associated with unrest in *blank* in 1917.   Russia  
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In what year did Congress pass legislation authorizing the creation of the Department of Homeland Security?   2002  
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What is an advantage of a legal system based on the principle of stare decisis?   The system promotes stability and certainty in legal decisions  
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What is NOT a source of criminal law?   The New Testament  
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A *blank* is the term for an irregular military band located in rural areas that attack military, police, and government targets.   Guerilla  
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What was the name of the organized private police that patrolled 18th century England?   Thief Takers  
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What term is used to describe organized groups of detectives who decieve criminals into openly committing illegal acts or conspiring to engage in criminal activity?   Sting Operations  
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English police officers are known as bobbies because:   Sir Robert (Bobbie) Peel was responsible for their creation  
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What federal program supported innovative research on police work and advanced training for police officers during the 1970's?   Law enforcement Assistance Administration  
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Community-orientated policing links police effectiveness to:   Productive interaction with the community being served  
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As of 2003, approx. what percent of local law enforcement officers were members of African American, Hispanic, or other non-white ethnic groups?   25 percent  
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The Kansas City Gun Experiment was an example of:   A police crackdown targeting a specific type of crime problem  
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What describes the experience of black officers who must deal with the expectation that they will give member of their own race a break, while at the same times experiencing overt racism from their police colleagues?   Double marginality  
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The term "blue curtain" describes:   The secrecy and insulation from others in society that is a consequence of the police subculture  
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What is not one of the six core beliefs at the heart of the belief culture?   Patrol work is the best assignment, since it gives officers the chance to be heroes in the eyes of the public  
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Crime and violence have been common since the nation was first formed.   True  
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Most Criminal cases are processes through the entire formal justice system.   False  
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The justice perspective advocates judges consider extra-legal factors in sentencing   False  
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During the past decade the crime control and justice perspectives have dominated in criminal justice.   True  
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It is estimated that there are 75,000 gang members in the US.   False  
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Self-report data findings show that people commit far fewer crimes than those projected by official statistics.   True  
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Laws created and retroactively enforced are ex post facto laws.   True  
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The nature and definition of due process remains unchanging across historical time periods   True  
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The Department of Homeland Security is responsible for securing our nation's borders and transportation systems.   True  
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One criticism of private policing is that it could eventually replace government.   True  
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The detective bureau is considered the backbone of policing.   False  
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Large urban police departments made no noticeable gains in the recruitment of minority police officers during the 1990's.   False  
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More than 50% of citizens who experience force at the hands of the police report an injury   False  
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In the landmark case Tennessee v. Garner, the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed deadly use of force by police.   False  
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The number of police officers killed in the line of duty trended downward during the 1990s.   True  
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The (BLANK) is the term used to describe the process through which large numbers of cases are systematically filtered out of the formal criminal justice process.   Criminal Justice Funnel  
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Millions of misdemanors, such as disorderly conduct, shoplifting, public drunkeness, and minor assult comprise level (BLANK) of the CJ wedding cake.   four (IV)  
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(BLANK) is another name for the eight index crimes from the Uniform Crime Reports.   Part I crimes  
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(BLANK) mandate like in prision without the possibility of parole after a third felony conviction   Three Strikes Law  
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The M'Naughten Rule established standards for the (BLANK) defense, and is used in the majority of the states.   Insanity  
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The (BLANK) amendment has been used in the past to argue that the death penalty is cruel and unusual   Eighth  
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The (BLANK) is the highest ranking office in the justice department   U.S. Attorney General  
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A (BLANK) is an operation designed to encourage and observe criminal behaviors so the officers can make an arrest   Sting  
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The (BLANK)rule is the oldest standard relating to the use of deadly force, dating back to English Common Law.   Fleeing Felon  
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One perspective on the causes of police corruption holds that it is a product of society's moral (BLANK) towards the vice-related behavior that police are sworn to control.   Ambivalence  
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