criminology
Question 1
- The crime rate is a measurement of events over a period of time.
True
False
6 points
Question 2
- A felony is any crime that causes harm to another person.
True
False
6 points
Question 3
- The American system incorporates the due process model..
True
False
6 points
Question 4
- Official statistics provide an accurate measure of all actual crimes committed.
True
False
6 points
Question 5
- All deviant acts are illegal.
True
False
6 points
Question 6
- When a court orders physically injuring a person as punishment for a crime, that is is an example of incapacitation.
True
False
6 points
Question 7
- Victimization surveys sometimes have problems in getting accurate responses.
True
False
6 points
Question 8
- The American criminal justice system is made up of loosely connected agencies that number in the thosuands.
True
False
6 points
Question 9
- Case law is created by Congress or the state legislatures.
True
False
6 points
Question 10
- The term ‘insanity’ is a legal description of a person’s mental capacity to understand right and wrong.
True
False
6 points
Question 11
- The Amendment to the US Constitution that creates police and law enforcement, is the 6th.
True
False
6 points
Question 12
- The exclusionary rule was created to keep criminal trials from using improperly obtained evidence.
True
False
6 points
Question 13
- The US Constitution provides public trials so that people can be entertained by the process, and to deter other criminals.
True
False
6 points
Question 14
- Strict liability means that the defendant must have been aware of the law at the time of the criminal act.
True
False
6 points
Question 15
- The Napoleonic Code is part of the history of the criminal justice system in the state of Louisiana.
True
False
6 points
Question 16
- The fact that it is impossible to know about all the crimes that occur, is called the ‘____________________ ___________________’ of crime.
7 points
Question 17
- The action of returning to prison after being released is called ‘to ___________________________’.
7 points
Question 18
- The idea that the use of force must be in proportion to the situation, is called ‘______________________________ force’.
7 points
Question 19
- The right to have access to an attorney or a lawyer present, is also called the ‘right to _______________________________’.
7 points
Question 20
- The US Constitution prohibits excessive ______________________________________.