AOJ Final Exam Complete Study Guide and Administration of Justice Comprehensive Revision
Notes
During the Middle Ages in Europe, people commonly believed that guilt or innocence could be
determined through - correct answer ✔✔trial by ordeal.
According to a study by researchers at eight universities, which of the following types of new
stories dominates local television news shows? - correct answer ✔✔crime and criminal justice
Currently, five general types of punishment are in use in the United States. Three are listed
below. Which of the following is not one of the punishments in use in the United States? -
correct answer ✔✔Transportation
The booking process typically involves: - correct answer ✔✔all of the above
American criminal justice consists of three main agencies, which are listed below. Which of the
following is NOT one of those three main agencies? - correct answer ✔✔Prisons
Herbert Packer characterizes the due process model as: - correct answer ✔✔"obstacle-course
justice."
Which of the following are used to increase efficiency-meaning speed and finality--in the crime
control model? - correct answer ✔✔plea bargains
The ultimate goal of the crime control model is: - correct answer ✔✔human right's
Defendants can appeal their convictions on legal grounds, and three examples of legal grounds
are listed below. Which of the following is not one of the legal grounds listed in your textbook? -
correct answer ✔✔Illegal search and seizure
,Often, an arrest supported by ____ and ____ is sufficient to close a case, especially with a less
serious crime. - correct answer ✔✔witness statements; crime scene evidence
Defendants can appeal their convictions on constitutional grounds, and three examples of
constitutional grounds are listed below. Which of the following is not one of the constitutional
grounds listed in your textbook? - correct answer ✔✔Freedom of speech and public assembly
A suspect becomes a defendant after: - correct answer ✔✔charges have been filed.
Cases that are not resolved through plea bargaining or by a jury trial are decided by a judge in a:
- correct answer ✔✔bench trial.
How much did the state of Florida reportedly spend to administer justice to serial murderer Ted
Bundy? - correct answer ✔✔$10,000,000
The term ____ refers to criminal conduct-s pecifically, intentional or criminally negligent action
or inaction that causes harm. - correct answer ✔✔actus reus
Most legal excuses for criminal responsibility are based on the belief that certain offenders lack
the capacity or competence or have diminished capacity or competence to form: (30) - correct
answer ✔✔mens rea
When an individual commits a crime and claims that he or she committed it under duress, on
whom is the burden of proof? - correct answer ✔✔The offender
Perhaps the most important problem with the M'Naghten rule is that: - correct answer ✔✔
, Which of the following statements about fear of crime is true? - correct answer ✔✔Females are
more fearful than males of having their homes burglarized.
In most American jurisdictions, the upper age limit for juvenile delinquency is ____, and the
lower limit is usually ____. - correct answer ✔✔18; 7
What is the Latin term for crimes that are "wrong in themselves"; crimes characterized by
universality and timelessness? - correct answer ✔✔mala in se
The National Crime Victimization Survey was formerly called: - correct answer ✔✔the National
Crime Surveys
A typical ____ definition of crime is "behavior that violates the norms of society." - correct
answer ✔✔social
If a person does not want to commit a crime but is forced to do so against his or her will, he or
she committed the crime: - correct answer ✔✔under duress.
Crimes that are NOT officially recorded by the police are called: - correct answer ✔✔the dark
figure of crime.
A(n) ____ is expressed as the number of crimes per unit of population or some other base. -
correct answer ✔✔crime rate
Which of the following tests of insanity did attorneys for Lorena Bobbitt, who sliced off her
husband's penis with a kitchen knife while he was sleeping, successfully employ in a 1994
Virginia trial? - correct answer ✔✔the irresistible impulse or control test
In 1996, the Uniform Crime Reports began to include data reported on: - correct answer
✔✔hate crimes.
Notes
During the Middle Ages in Europe, people commonly believed that guilt or innocence could be
determined through - correct answer ✔✔trial by ordeal.
According to a study by researchers at eight universities, which of the following types of new
stories dominates local television news shows? - correct answer ✔✔crime and criminal justice
Currently, five general types of punishment are in use in the United States. Three are listed
below. Which of the following is not one of the punishments in use in the United States? -
correct answer ✔✔Transportation
The booking process typically involves: - correct answer ✔✔all of the above
American criminal justice consists of three main agencies, which are listed below. Which of the
following is NOT one of those three main agencies? - correct answer ✔✔Prisons
Herbert Packer characterizes the due process model as: - correct answer ✔✔"obstacle-course
justice."
Which of the following are used to increase efficiency-meaning speed and finality--in the crime
control model? - correct answer ✔✔plea bargains
The ultimate goal of the crime control model is: - correct answer ✔✔human right's
Defendants can appeal their convictions on legal grounds, and three examples of legal grounds
are listed below. Which of the following is not one of the legal grounds listed in your textbook? -
correct answer ✔✔Illegal search and seizure
,Often, an arrest supported by ____ and ____ is sufficient to close a case, especially with a less
serious crime. - correct answer ✔✔witness statements; crime scene evidence
Defendants can appeal their convictions on constitutional grounds, and three examples of
constitutional grounds are listed below. Which of the following is not one of the constitutional
grounds listed in your textbook? - correct answer ✔✔Freedom of speech and public assembly
A suspect becomes a defendant after: - correct answer ✔✔charges have been filed.
Cases that are not resolved through plea bargaining or by a jury trial are decided by a judge in a:
- correct answer ✔✔bench trial.
How much did the state of Florida reportedly spend to administer justice to serial murderer Ted
Bundy? - correct answer ✔✔$10,000,000
The term ____ refers to criminal conduct-s pecifically, intentional or criminally negligent action
or inaction that causes harm. - correct answer ✔✔actus reus
Most legal excuses for criminal responsibility are based on the belief that certain offenders lack
the capacity or competence or have diminished capacity or competence to form: (30) - correct
answer ✔✔mens rea
When an individual commits a crime and claims that he or she committed it under duress, on
whom is the burden of proof? - correct answer ✔✔The offender
Perhaps the most important problem with the M'Naghten rule is that: - correct answer ✔✔
, Which of the following statements about fear of crime is true? - correct answer ✔✔Females are
more fearful than males of having their homes burglarized.
In most American jurisdictions, the upper age limit for juvenile delinquency is ____, and the
lower limit is usually ____. - correct answer ✔✔18; 7
What is the Latin term for crimes that are "wrong in themselves"; crimes characterized by
universality and timelessness? - correct answer ✔✔mala in se
The National Crime Victimization Survey was formerly called: - correct answer ✔✔the National
Crime Surveys
A typical ____ definition of crime is "behavior that violates the norms of society." - correct
answer ✔✔social
If a person does not want to commit a crime but is forced to do so against his or her will, he or
she committed the crime: - correct answer ✔✔under duress.
Crimes that are NOT officially recorded by the police are called: - correct answer ✔✔the dark
figure of crime.
A(n) ____ is expressed as the number of crimes per unit of population or some other base. -
correct answer ✔✔crime rate
Which of the following tests of insanity did attorneys for Lorena Bobbitt, who sliced off her
husband's penis with a kitchen knife while he was sleeping, successfully employ in a 1994
Virginia trial? - correct answer ✔✔the irresistible impulse or control test
In 1996, the Uniform Crime Reports began to include data reported on: - correct answer
✔✔hate crimes.
