Criminal Justice Test One

Front 1

What is Criminal Justice?

Back 1

Agencies that deal with the management of crime.

Front 2

What are six types of federal agencies?

Back 2

CIA, ATF, FBI, DEA, INS, IRS, Customs

Front 3

What are the three parts of the CJ system in order?

Back 3

Law Enforcement, Courts, Corrections.

Front 4

Who is a the first famous bank robber?

Back 4

Jesse James

Front 5

What state had the first crime survey?

Back 5

Cleveland, Ohio

Front 6

What was the first federal survey called?

Back 6

Wickersham

Front 7

What happens when the economy is poor?

Back 7

Crime rates become higher.

Front 8

What is a Shantytown?

Back 8

A little city people built outside large cities during the Great Depression. Also called Hoovervilles.

Front 9

What is the significance of December 7th, 1941?

Back 9

The Japanese attacked at Pearl Harbor.

Front 10

What is organized crime?

Back 10

Crime organized for the purpose of making money.

Front 11

What is the name of the first committee formed to fight organized crime?

Back 11

the Kefauver Committee

Front 12

What are the laws that made legalized segregation and who stopped them?

Back 12

The Jim Crow Laws and Martin Luther King Jr.

Front 13

During which war did people turn into "hippies"?

Back 13

The Vietnam War

Front 14

Who is the famous killer of the 60's? And who did he kill?

Back 14

Charles Manson. No one.
Did persuade others to kill Sharon Tate and Abigail Folger

Front 15

Which president enacted the OCCSS? and What is the OCCSS?

Back 15

Lydon B. Johnson The Ominbus Crime Control and Safety Streets Act enacted to allow cops to tap phones without a warrant and get a confession without a lawyer present.

Front 16

What is crime?

Back 16

Intentional act or ommission in violation of criminal law committed without defense or justification and is a felony or misdemeanor.

Front 17

What is natural law?

Back 17

Principles that determine what is right or wrong according to a higher power.

Front 18

What is Deviance?

Back 18

Conduct which a group of people consider wrong or dangerous.

Front 19

What is a person called who conceals a felony committed by another?

Back 19

Misprision Felon

Front 20

What are the two types of Mens Rea?

Back 20

General Intent-when the outcome is not what is wanted.
Specific Intent-the outcome is what was intended to happen.

Front 21

What are the five types of law?

Back 21

Criminal, Civil, Statutory, Case, Common

Front 22

What is defense?

Back 22

Any number of cause and rights of action that serve to excuse or mitigate guilt in a criminal case.

Front 23

What is the difference between the M'Naught rule and the Durham rule?

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The M'Naught rule states if the defendent knew what they were doing at the time of the crime they are sane. The Durham rule states that an accused person is not criminally responsible for his/hers actions if he/she suffers from a disease or defective mental condition.

Front 24

Define Entrapment

Back 24

The inducement of an individual to committ a crime not comtemplated by him or her.

Front 25

What is a crime that is punishable by death?

Back 25

A felony

Front 26

What is a misdemeanor?

Back 26

A crime punishable by up to one year in prison and/or a 2,000 dollar fine.

Front 27

What is the order of the hierarchy of laws?

Back 27

Constitutional, Federal, State, Local

Front 28

What is Assault?

Back 28

an intentional attempt or threat to physically injure another.

Front 29

How does Assault become Assault and Battery?

Back 29

When assault is carried into effect by doing some violence to the victim.

Front 30

What is the difference between 1st degree arson and 2nd degree arson?

Back 30

1st- premises set afire must be occupied.
2nd- does not have to be occupied.

Front 31

Define Robbery.

Back 31

the felonous taking of another persons money or goods against his/her will through the use of threat, force, or violence.

Front 32

Name the difference between felonous B&E and Misdemeanor B&E.

Back 32

Felonous is the B&E of a building during the day with the intent to committ crime.
Misdemeanor-no intent for crime.

Front 33

What is theft?

Back 33

The unlawful taking, posession, or use of anothers property without the use or threat of force and with the intent to deprive permanently.

Front 34

What is 1st degree burglary?
2nd degree?

Back 34

1st- at night while occupied
2nd- at night unoccupied

Front 35

What is shoplifting?

Back 35

The taking or attempt to take of merchandise from a store or changing the price on an item.

Front 36

What is the most serious sex offense?

Back 36

First Degree Rape

Front 37

What must happen for it to be First Degree Rape?

Back 37

Displayed weapon, serious injury, aided by another, intercourse.

Front 38

A Forcible Sexual Offense is what?

Back 38

Any type of sexual offense besides penetration.
1st degree- injury, weapon
2nd degree- neither

Front 39

What are the standards for First degree statutory rape?

Back 39

Victim must be under 13, offender must be at least four years older, offender must be at least 12 years of age. It is a felony.

Front 40

What is the sexual offense caleld where the defendant is at least 16 and the victim 5 or more years younger?

Back 40

Indecent Liberties with a Child

Front 41

What did the controlled substances act do?

Back 41

Seperated drugs into five different schedule based upon the potential for abuse and addiction

Front 42

What does the Uniform Crime Report (UCR) do?

Back 42

Annual publication of official statistics put out by the FBI about crime rates and trends in the U.S.

Front 43

What are the three problems with the UCR?

Back 43

Only crimes known to the police.
Law enforcement agencies report in different manners.
Criminal statutes differe from state to state.

Front 44

What is the alternative to the UCR?

Back 44

The Victimization Survey, Goes into rep. households and does a crime survey.

Front 45

Who can the first policing be traced back to?

Back 45

Alfred the Great in England