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CHAPTER 1: CRIME AND THE PROBLEM OF SOCIAL CONTROL
1. Of all the arrests made by the police, only a percentage result in a person being
charged with a crime and funneled into the criminal justice system.
True
False
2. The process by which individuals acquire a personal identity and learn appropriate
norms, values, behavior, and social skills.
A) Socialization.
B) Sociological imagination.
C) Crime.
D) Discretion.
3. The criminal justice system always works as a smooth-functioning and
well-coordinated mechanism.
True
False
4. Controlling and preventing crime is solely the responsibility of the criminal justice
system.
True
False
5. The primary institution of socialization is the family.
Answer:
True False
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6. What we know about crime is often based on incomplete and inaccurate information.
Why?
A) We tend to personalize.
B) Crime statistics do not tell the whole story.
C) All crime is local crime.
D) All of the above.
7. The overlap of jurisdictions makes the criminal justice system inefficient.
Answer: True
False
8. This is a state or federal institution that confines people convicted of crime who are
serving sentences for longer than a year.
A) Jail.
B) Prison.
C) Institution.
D) Stockade
9. A written request to a higher court to modify or reverse the judgment of a trial court or
intermediate-level appellate court.
A) Application.
B) Appeal.
C) Arrest.
D) Warrant.
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10. This is punishment that is considered deserved.
A) Rehabilitation.
B) Parole.
C) Retribution.
D) Probation
11. Many offenses that enter the system are systematically excluded for several reasons,
which include the following:
A) Cost.
B) Discretion.
C) Errors.
D) All of the above.
12. This involves correcting the offender's behavior and giving him or her the skills and
ability to survive in society without violating the law.
A) Rehabilitation.
B) Incapacitation.
C) Retribution.
D) Probation.
13. The Secret Service is responsible only for protecting the president.
Answer:
True
False
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14. Most criminal offenses result in someone going to prison.
Answer:
True
False
15. Controlling and preventing antisocial behavior is solely the responsibility of the
criminal justice system.
Answer:
True
False
16.\Police officers, prosecutors, judges, and corrections officials use this to decide which
cases are moved further into the criminal justice system.
A) Statutes.
B) Laws.
C) Discretion.
D) Warrants
17. Many criminal offenses go undetected, and their harm to society is not generally
perceived.
Answer: True
False
18. This facility usually holds offenders who have already been sentenced to a year or
less of incarceration.
A) Federal prison.
B) Local jail.
C) State prison.
D) County stockade.
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19. This is an action taken by a person or a group of people that violates the rules of
society to the point of harm.
A) Speeding.
B) Plea bargaining.
C) Crime.
D) Socialization.
20. Why can't federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies work together smoothly?
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