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Criminal Justice Today, 17th edition
by Frank Schmalleger
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, TABLE OF CONTENT
PART I: CRIME IN AMERICA
1.What Is Criminal Justice?
2.The Crime Picture
3.The Search for Causes
4.Criminal Law
PART II: POLICING
5.Policing: History and Structure
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6.Policing: Purpose and Organization
7.Policing: Legal Aspects
8.Policing: Issues and Challenges
PART III: ADJUDICATION
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9.The Courts: Structure and Participants
10.Pretrial Activities and the Criminal Trial
11.Sentencing
PART IV: CORRECTIONS
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12.Probation, Parole, and Reentry
13.Prisons and Jails
14.Prison Life
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PART V: SPECIAL ISSUES
15.Juvenile Justice
16.Drugs and Crime
17.Terrorism, Multinational Criminal Justice, and Global Issues
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18.High-Technology Crimes
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Criminal Justice Today: An Introductory Text for the 21st Century, 17e (Schmalleger)
Chapter 1 What Is Criminal Justice?
1.1 Multiple Choice Questions
1) Social is a condition said to exist when a group is faced with social change, uneven
development of culture, maladaptiveness, disharmony, conflict, and lack of consensus.
A) order
B) chaos
C) organization
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D) disorganization
Answer: D
Page Ref: 4
Objective: Summarize the history of crime in America and corresponding changes in the
American criminal justice system.
Level: Basic
XE
2) rights are guaranteed to all members of American society by the U.S. Constitution
and are particularly important to criminal defendants facing formal processing by the criminal
justice system.
A) Social
B) Group
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C) Individual
D) Public order
Answer: C
Page Ref: 4
BR
Objective: Summarize the history of crime in America and corresponding changes in the
American criminal justice system.
Level: Basic
3) Who created a cabinet-level "drug czar" position to coordinate the "war on drugs"?
A) Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
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B) President Ronald Reagan
C) Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
D) President George H. W. Bush
Answer: B
Page Ref: 5
Objective: Summarize the history of crime in America and corresponding changes in the
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American criminal justice system.
Level: Basic
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4) In the 1990s, the perception that crime rates were increasing and that offenders were not being
punished resulted in an increased focus on .
A) social justice
B) individual accountability
C) due process
D) the consensus model
Answer: B
Page Ref: 6
Objective: Summarize the history of crime in America and corresponding changes in the
American criminal justice system.
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Level: Intermediate
5) Currently, we are seeing a decline in which types of crime?
A) Gun-related crimes
B) Internet-based crimes
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C) Traditional crimes
D) Inner-city murders
Answer: C
Page Ref: 6-7
Objective: Summarize the history of crime in America and corresponding changes in the
American criminal justice system.
Level: Intermediate
LI
6) A person who believes that under certain circumstances involving a criminal threat to public
safety, the interests of society should take precedence over individual rights is a(n)
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advocate.
A) social justice
B) public-order
C) individual-rights
D) civil justice
Answer: B
Page Ref: 9
AR
Objective: Describe the public-order (crime control) and individual-rights (due process)
perspectives of criminal justice, concluding with how the criminal justice system balances the
two perspectives.
Level: Basic
Y
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Criminal Justice Today, 17th edition
by Frank Schmalleger
LU
XE
LI
BR
AR
Y
, TABLE OF CONTENT
PART I: CRIME IN AMERICA
1.What Is Criminal Justice?
2.The Crime Picture
3.The Search for Causes
4.Criminal Law
PART II: POLICING
5.Policing: History and Structure
LU
6.Policing: Purpose and Organization
7.Policing: Legal Aspects
8.Policing: Issues and Challenges
PART III: ADJUDICATION
XE
9.The Courts: Structure and Participants
10.Pretrial Activities and the Criminal Trial
11.Sentencing
PART IV: CORRECTIONS
LI
12.Probation, Parole, and Reentry
13.Prisons and Jails
14.Prison Life
BR
PART V: SPECIAL ISSUES
15.Juvenile Justice
16.Drugs and Crime
17.Terrorism, Multinational Criminal Justice, and Global Issues
AR
18.High-Technology Crimes
Y
, JHGFDSA
Criminal Justice Today: An Introductory Text for the 21st Century, 17e (Schmalleger)
Chapter 1 What Is Criminal Justice?
1.1 Multiple Choice Questions
1) Social is a condition said to exist when a group is faced with social change, uneven
development of culture, maladaptiveness, disharmony, conflict, and lack of consensus.
A) order
B) chaos
C) organization
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D) disorganization
Answer: D
Page Ref: 4
Objective: Summarize the history of crime in America and corresponding changes in the
American criminal justice system.
Level: Basic
XE
2) rights are guaranteed to all members of American society by the U.S. Constitution
and are particularly important to criminal defendants facing formal processing by the criminal
justice system.
A) Social
B) Group
LI
C) Individual
D) Public order
Answer: C
Page Ref: 4
BR
Objective: Summarize the history of crime in America and corresponding changes in the
American criminal justice system.
Level: Basic
3) Who created a cabinet-level "drug czar" position to coordinate the "war on drugs"?
A) Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
AR
B) President Ronald Reagan
C) Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
D) President George H. W. Bush
Answer: B
Page Ref: 5
Objective: Summarize the history of crime in America and corresponding changes in the
Y
American criminal justice system.
Level: Basic
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, JHGFDSA
4) In the 1990s, the perception that crime rates were increasing and that offenders were not being
punished resulted in an increased focus on .
A) social justice
B) individual accountability
C) due process
D) the consensus model
Answer: B
Page Ref: 6
Objective: Summarize the history of crime in America and corresponding changes in the
American criminal justice system.
LU
Level: Intermediate
5) Currently, we are seeing a decline in which types of crime?
A) Gun-related crimes
B) Internet-based crimes
XE
C) Traditional crimes
D) Inner-city murders
Answer: C
Page Ref: 6-7
Objective: Summarize the history of crime in America and corresponding changes in the
American criminal justice system.
Level: Intermediate
LI
6) A person who believes that under certain circumstances involving a criminal threat to public
safety, the interests of society should take precedence over individual rights is a(n)
BR
advocate.
A) social justice
B) public-order
C) individual-rights
D) civil justice
Answer: B
Page Ref: 9
AR
Objective: Describe the public-order (crime control) and individual-rights (due process)
perspectives of criminal justice, concluding with how the criminal justice system balances the
two perspectives.
Level: Basic
Y
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