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44 Cards in this Set
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Officers who are classified as meat-eaters actively seek out illegal money-making opportunities. T/F?
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True.
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Racial profiling was originally intended to help catch drug couriers attempting to enter the country T/F?
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True.
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According to the movie "Serpico" Frank Serpico was a dirty cop who took bribes to protect illegal gun running activities in Chicago, Illinois. T/F?
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False.
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Duty stressors in police work include rotating shifts T/F?
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False.
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Prosecutors are required to assist the defense in building its case by making available any evidence in their possession T/F?
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True.
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Most defendants are represented by a private attorney through all stages of the court process T/F?
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False.
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The Missouri plan for judicial selection includes elements of judicial selection by election and appointment. T/F?
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True.
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At least four U.S. Supreme Court justices must vote in favor of a hearing for a case to be heard. T/F?
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True.
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The word banda in Russian refers to female gangs. T/F?
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False.
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The purpose of a preliminary hearing is to determine the guilt of a defendant. T/F?
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False.
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When a defense attorney thinks that the jury pool is biased in some significant way, he or she will make a challenge to the array. T/F?
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True.
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According to the video on the federal court system, federal courts are known as Article 111 courts. T/F?
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True.
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Just deserts is the act of taking revenge on a criminal perpetrator. T/F?
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False.
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What you get is what you serve" is known as truth in sentencing. T/F?
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True.
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Youth gangs throughout the world are identified for the first time in history in the 1960’s. T/F?
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False.
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Tennessee v. Garner specified the conditions under which:
A) a police officer can accept gifts. B) a police officer can be fired. C) deadly force could be used to apprehend a suspected felon. D) police behavior is deemed corrupt. |
C) deadly force could be used to apprehend a suspected felon.
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What is the meaning of the term grass-eaters as a form of police corruption?
A) officers who accept small bribes and minor services from citizens seeking to avoid arrest B) officers who actively seek illicit money-making opportunities C) officers who keep drug contraband for themselves to sell D) officers who solicit bribes through threat or intimidation |
A) officers who accept small bribes and minor services from citizens seeking to avoid arrest
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What division in a police department investigates charges that officers are guilty of wrongdoing?
A) strategic investigations B) intelligence C) officer supervision D) internal affairs |
D) internal affairs
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Graham v. Connor set the "objective reasonableness" standard to decide if ________ had been used appropriately.
A) biological weapons B) police hiring practices C) deadly force D) terrorism |
C) deadly force
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A critical or key ingredient in the corruption of police may be:
A) low pay B) high pay C) inadequate police training D) the lack of police officers with a four year college degree |
A) low pay
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The International Association of Chiefs of Police has recommended:
A) elimination of drug testing for police recruits B) testing all applicants and recruits for drug and narcotics use C) drug testing only applicants for federal police agencies D) drug testing the parents and dogs of police recruits |
B) testing all applicants and recruits for drug and narcotics use
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The most common situation in which police use force is:
A) disturbances B) traffic stops C) arrests D) church meetings |
C) arrests
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The federal Bloodborne Pathogens Act of 1991:
A) requires all police to give blood to the Red Cross at least twice annually B) is the chief medical test for AIDS taken by federal police officers C) requires police officers to receive proper training in how to prevent contamination by bloodborne infectious agents D) was enacted to test for infectious diseases that may occur in the aftermath of any terrorist attack |
C) requires police officers to receive proper training in how to prevent contamination by bloodborne infectious agents
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Which work group member has the responsibility of demonstrating to a jury that a defendant is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt?
A) the judge B) the defense attorney C) the prosecutor D) the bailiff |
C) the prosecutor
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The most widely used system of indigent defense is:
A) merit appointment programs. B) public defender programs. C) court-appointed defense attorneys. D) contract attorney programs. |
B) public defender programs.
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Courts that have the authority to review a decision made by a lower court are said to have:
A) oversight jurisdiction. B) original jurisdiction. C) appellate jurisdiction. D) mandatory jurisdiction. |
C) appellate jurisdiction.
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When a trial court of general jurisdiction offers a new trial instead of appellate review of a lower court's decision, it is giving a:
A) trial contendere. B) trial de novo. C) trial delicti. D) trial en abstinence. |
B) trial de novo.
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The dual-court system consists of:
A) drug and gun courts. B) felony and misdemeanor courts. C) state and federal courts. D) trial and appellate courts. |
C) state and federal courts.
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The witness has worked as an auto mechanic for 15 years. He testifies that in his opinion the brakes on the car failed because they had been cut. The auto mechanic is:
A) a lay witness B) a prosecutor. C) an expert witness. D) a hostile witness |
C) an expert witness.
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A deposition is (from the video on the federal courts):
A) written testimony B) a type of judicial review C) a special form of subpoena D) oral testimony |
D) oral testimony
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The power of a court to take and try a case is:
A) jurisdiction B) original jurisdiction C) appellate jurisdiction D) trial de novo |
B) original jurisdiction
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Which of the following represents the order of the
steps in a criminal trial? A) trial initiation, the judge's charge to the jury, jury selection, opening statements, presentation of evidence, closing arguments, jury deliberations, the verdict B) trial initiation, jury selection, opening statements, presentation of evidence, closing arguments, the judge's charge to the jury, jury deliberations, the verdict C) trial initiation, opening statements, jury selection, presentation of evidence, closing arguments, the judge's charge to the jury, jury deliberations, the verdict D) jury selection, trial initiation, opening statements, presentation of evidence, closing arguments, the judge's charge to the jury, jury deliberations, the verdict |
B) trial initiation, jury selection, opening statements, presentation of evidence, closing arguments, the judge's charge to the jury, jury deliberations, the verdict
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Weapons, tire tracks, and fingerprints are what type of evidence?
A) testimonial evidence B) circumstantial evidence C) direct evidence D) real evidence |
D) real evidence
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The bail decision is made at what stage of the court process?
A) grand jury hearing B) arraignment C) first appearance D) preliminary hearing |
C) first appearance
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What type of plea is most similar to a guilty plea?
A) standing mute B) not guilty C) nolo contendere D) innocence |
C) nolo contendere
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The most common release/detention decision making mechanism in American courts is:
A) the preliminary hearing B) bail C) escape from jail D) plea bargaining |
B) bail
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Which of the following is not one of the goals of contemporary sentencing?
A) deterrence B) incapacitation C) restitution D) rehabilitation |
C) restitution
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Which sentencing goal stresses vengeance?
A) deterrence B) compensation C) rehabilitation D) retribution |
D) retribution
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Proportionality demands:
A) a direct relationship between the severity of the sanctions and the seriousness of the crime. B) that caseloads be distributed equally among the available prosecutors. C) that caseloads be distributed equally among the available judges. D) that similar crimes are punished with similar sentences. |
A) a direct relationship between the severity of the sanctions and the seriousness of the crime.
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What method of execution is used in most states?
A) firing squad B) hanging C) lethal injection D) electrocution |
C) lethal injection
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A major issue in Furman v. Georgia, 1972 as this relates to capital punishment is:
A) society has become too advanced to use capital punishment B) aggravating circumstances C) the death penalty is arbitrary and capricious D) bifurcated trials |
C) the death penalty is arbitrary and capricious
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_______ was a recommendation of the New York City Youth Board as the best way to curb the negative aspects of juvenile gangs:
A) detached workers B) urban renewal C) police suppression D) none of the above |
A) detached workers
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A major social problem that has definite ramifications for the spread and development of street gangs in the world is:
A) urbanization B) impoverished children C) adult organized crime D) population explosion |
B) impoverished children
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Charivaris were or are:
A) overly macho male gang members B) mob like demonstrations C) the original Russian gang bangers D) skinheads in Great Britain |
B) mob like demonstrations
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