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SAC CJ 101 Midterm Exam with precise detailed Answers
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Behaviors that society considered deviant... pg. 6 - ✔✔Mala in se, statutory crime
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Which perspective argues that the laws are made to serve to represent the interest of the public
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majority? ... pg 6 - ✔✔Consensus perspective || || || || || ||
The crime control model is mainly focused on... pg 14 - ✔✔Emphasizes the efficient arrest and
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processing of alleged criminal offenders || || || ||
Besides changing the law, how can the legislature influence the criminal justice system?...pg 18 -
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✔✔Legislators decide how much money the country will spend on prisons, policing, the court || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
system, and victim services. Instead of passing new laws, lawmakers can make access to the
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federal funds dependent on states' compliance with certain standards.
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Media reports on violent crimes, such as murder, give viewers the impression that... pg 17 -
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✔✔Media reports fuel fear of crime. The media leads people to believe that violent crime
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frequently occurs. ||
What percentage of African American males age 20-29 are under the supervision of the criminal
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justice system?... pg 19 - ✔✔Nearly one-third of black males aged 20-29 are under some form of
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criminal justice supervision on any given day. || || || || || ||
Of the following statements, which is true about youths and the drug use? - ✔✔
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What have many jurisdictions recently established in an effort to deal with all the individuals in
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the criminal justice system with mental health problems? .. pg 21 - ✔✔Many jurisdictions have
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established specialized mental health courts to reverse the overrepresentation of the mentally ill
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individuals in incarceration. || ||
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After black males, this group has the second highest incarceration rate... pg 19 - ✔✔Latino males
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1,419 imprisoned per every 100,000 U.S. residents.
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According to the Innocence Project, more than___offenders have been exonerated due to DNA
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evidence between 1989 and December 2010... pg 23 - ✔✔266 || || || || || || || || ||
Your friend wants to examine changes in the murder rate of the last 10 years. What data source
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would be the best for him to use?... pg 29 - ✔✔Uniform Crime Reports (UCR): an annual series
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of U.S. statistical measures of the incidence of selected crimes reported by police departments and
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compiled by the FBI.
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Police arrest an offender who has broken into a victim's home, raped the resident, and then
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murdered her. When the police report the incident to the UCR, it will be reported as a... pg 30-31 -
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✔✔Victim survey: interviews with individuals(including but not limited to actual victims) who
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have been personally affected by specific crimes.
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National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS): a statistical sampling of households and
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individuals who have been personally victimized by specific crimes. || || || || || || || ||
The "dark figure of crime" refers to... pg 31 - ✔✔The group of unreported and unrecorded crimes
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revealed by the crime victim surveys || || || || ||
Children are more likely to be victimized by... pg 36 pg 44 - ✔✔Children are vulnerable to abuse
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by parents and caregivers.
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Adults have victimized children throughout history.
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Murderers who kill multiple victims over a long period of time are what? ...pg 38 - ✔✔Serial
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killers
SAC CJ 101 Midterm Exam with precise detailed Answers
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Behaviors that society considered deviant... pg. 6 - ✔✔Mala in se, statutory crime
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Which perspective argues that the laws are made to serve to represent the interest of the public
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majority? ... pg 6 - ✔✔Consensus perspective || || || || || ||
The crime control model is mainly focused on... pg 14 - ✔✔Emphasizes the efficient arrest and
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processing of alleged criminal offenders || || || ||
Besides changing the law, how can the legislature influence the criminal justice system?...pg 18 -
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✔✔Legislators decide how much money the country will spend on prisons, policing, the court || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
system, and victim services. Instead of passing new laws, lawmakers can make access to the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
federal funds dependent on states' compliance with certain standards.
|| || || || || || || ||
Media reports on violent crimes, such as murder, give viewers the impression that... pg 17 -
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✔✔Media reports fuel fear of crime. The media leads people to believe that violent crime
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
frequently occurs. ||
What percentage of African American males age 20-29 are under the supervision of the criminal
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justice system?... pg 19 - ✔✔Nearly one-third of black males aged 20-29 are under some form of
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criminal justice supervision on any given day. || || || || || ||
Of the following statements, which is true about youths and the drug use? - ✔✔
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What have many jurisdictions recently established in an effort to deal with all the individuals in
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
the criminal justice system with mental health problems? .. pg 21 - ✔✔Many jurisdictions have
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
established specialized mental health courts to reverse the overrepresentation of the mentally ill
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individuals in incarceration. || ||
, 2
After black males, this group has the second highest incarceration rate... pg 19 - ✔✔Latino males
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1,419 imprisoned per every 100,000 U.S. residents.
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According to the Innocence Project, more than___offenders have been exonerated due to DNA
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evidence between 1989 and December 2010... pg 23 - ✔✔266 || || || || || || || || ||
Your friend wants to examine changes in the murder rate of the last 10 years. What data source
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
would be the best for him to use?... pg 29 - ✔✔Uniform Crime Reports (UCR): an annual series
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
of U.S. statistical measures of the incidence of selected crimes reported by police departments and
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
compiled by the FBI.
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Police arrest an offender who has broken into a victim's home, raped the resident, and then
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murdered her. When the police report the incident to the UCR, it will be reported as a... pg 30-31 -
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✔✔Victim survey: interviews with individuals(including but not limited to actual victims) who
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have been personally affected by specific crimes.
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National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS): a statistical sampling of households and
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individuals who have been personally victimized by specific crimes. || || || || || || || ||
The "dark figure of crime" refers to... pg 31 - ✔✔The group of unreported and unrecorded crimes
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revealed by the crime victim surveys || || || || ||
Children are more likely to be victimized by... pg 36 pg 44 - ✔✔Children are vulnerable to abuse
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by parents and caregivers.
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Adults have victimized children throughout history.
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Murderers who kill multiple victims over a long period of time are what? ...pg 38 - ✔✔Serial
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killers
