CRM 100 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
What is the most underreported crime? - Answer- sexual assault
How many incidents of sexual assault are reported for marginalized women? - Answer-
1 in 20
During its early years, the NWMP was beset by __________ and resented by both
_________ - Answer- internal difficulties, settlers and federal legislators
The North-West Mounted Police was replaced by who? - Answer- Royal Canadian
Mounted Police
What is the largest component of the criminal justice system? - Answer- policing
The number of police officers in Canada has _______ in recent years - Answer-
declined
The number of women police is now ____________officers. - Answer- 1 to 5
The number of civilians working in police services, particularly at the managerial level,
continues to __________ - Answer- increase
Policing occurs at which 4 levels? - Answer- Federal, Provincial, regional and municipal,
indigenous
What is the percent for contract policing in the RCMP? - Answer- 60%
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act - Answer- Federal legislation that provides the
framework for the operation of the RCMP, 1985
What is the number for missing and murdered indigenous women? - Answer- unknown
What is a crime? - Answer- an action or omission that constitutes an offense that may
be prosecuted by the state and is punishable by law.
Two critical ingredients of a crime are: - Answer- 1) The comission of an act (actus reus)
2) the mental intent to commit the act (mens rea)
, A crime occurs when a person... - Answer- commits an acto or fails to commit an act
when legally responsable, has intent, does not have legal defense or justification to
commit the act, violates a provision in criminal law
Define deviance - Answer- any behavior, belief, or condition that violates significant
social norms in the society or group in which it occurs
Deviance vs. Crime - Answer- deviance refers to all norm violations vs crime refers only
to violations of one type of norm: laws
Social construction of crime - Answer- the notion that the legal status of behaviours is
not determined by the behaviour itself but is the result of the social response to the
behaviour or to the persons or groups who are engaged in it
Social environment + economic environment + political environment = - Answer-
Legislation
Moral Enterpreneurs - Answer- are individuals, groups, or organizations who seek
action against certain groups of people or certain behaviours and bring pressure on
legislators to enact criminal statutes. Play a key role in crimanilizing certain activities.
What are two key models that help us understand where law comes from and how it's
applied? - Answer- !) Value consensus model
2) Conflict model
Value Consensus Model - Answer- The view that the behaviours are defined as criminal
and the punishment imposed on offenders reflects commonly held opinions and limits of
tolerance
(mala in se = wrong in themselves, inherently evil)
Conflict Model - Answer- A criminal justice model in which the content of criminal law is
determined by the groups that hold economic, political, and social power in a
community.
(Mala prohibitum = wrong because these acts are prohibited only by virtue, law or
statue)
The Canadian legal system is a -----------------, with the exception of Quebec, ------------
(based on the French Code Napoléon - Answer- Common Law system, civil law system
Common Law - Answer- A legal system based on custom, tradition, and practise and is
generally unwritten
Common Law system originated in - Answer- Europe
When was Common Law imported in Canada? - Answer- 17th and 18th century
AND ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
What is the most underreported crime? - Answer- sexual assault
How many incidents of sexual assault are reported for marginalized women? - Answer-
1 in 20
During its early years, the NWMP was beset by __________ and resented by both
_________ - Answer- internal difficulties, settlers and federal legislators
The North-West Mounted Police was replaced by who? - Answer- Royal Canadian
Mounted Police
What is the largest component of the criminal justice system? - Answer- policing
The number of police officers in Canada has _______ in recent years - Answer-
declined
The number of women police is now ____________officers. - Answer- 1 to 5
The number of civilians working in police services, particularly at the managerial level,
continues to __________ - Answer- increase
Policing occurs at which 4 levels? - Answer- Federal, Provincial, regional and municipal,
indigenous
What is the percent for contract policing in the RCMP? - Answer- 60%
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act - Answer- Federal legislation that provides the
framework for the operation of the RCMP, 1985
What is the number for missing and murdered indigenous women? - Answer- unknown
What is a crime? - Answer- an action or omission that constitutes an offense that may
be prosecuted by the state and is punishable by law.
Two critical ingredients of a crime are: - Answer- 1) The comission of an act (actus reus)
2) the mental intent to commit the act (mens rea)
, A crime occurs when a person... - Answer- commits an acto or fails to commit an act
when legally responsable, has intent, does not have legal defense or justification to
commit the act, violates a provision in criminal law
Define deviance - Answer- any behavior, belief, or condition that violates significant
social norms in the society or group in which it occurs
Deviance vs. Crime - Answer- deviance refers to all norm violations vs crime refers only
to violations of one type of norm: laws
Social construction of crime - Answer- the notion that the legal status of behaviours is
not determined by the behaviour itself but is the result of the social response to the
behaviour or to the persons or groups who are engaged in it
Social environment + economic environment + political environment = - Answer-
Legislation
Moral Enterpreneurs - Answer- are individuals, groups, or organizations who seek
action against certain groups of people or certain behaviours and bring pressure on
legislators to enact criminal statutes. Play a key role in crimanilizing certain activities.
What are two key models that help us understand where law comes from and how it's
applied? - Answer- !) Value consensus model
2) Conflict model
Value Consensus Model - Answer- The view that the behaviours are defined as criminal
and the punishment imposed on offenders reflects commonly held opinions and limits of
tolerance
(mala in se = wrong in themselves, inherently evil)
Conflict Model - Answer- A criminal justice model in which the content of criminal law is
determined by the groups that hold economic, political, and social power in a
community.
(Mala prohibitum = wrong because these acts are prohibited only by virtue, law or
statue)
The Canadian legal system is a -----------------, with the exception of Quebec, ------------
(based on the French Code Napoléon - Answer- Common Law system, civil law system
Common Law - Answer- A legal system based on custom, tradition, and practise and is
generally unwritten
Common Law system originated in - Answer- Europe
When was Common Law imported in Canada? - Answer- 17th and 18th century
