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Criminal Justice Today: An Introductory Text for the 21st Century | 16th
Edition
by Frank Schmalleger
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U
D
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, Table of Content
Chapter 1: What Is Criminal Justice?
Chapter 2: The Crime Picture
Chapter 3: The Search for Causes
Chapter 4: Criminal Law
Chapter 5: Policing: History and Structure
Chapter 6: Policing: Purpose and Organization
Chapter 7: Policing: Legal Aspects
Chapter 8: Policing: Issues and Challenges
Chapter 9: The Courts: Structure and Participants
ST
Chapter 10: Pretrial Activities and the Criminal Trial
Chapter 11: Sentencing
Chapter 12: Probation, Parole, and Community Corrections
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Chapter 13: Prisons and Jails
Chapter 14: Prison Life
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Chapter 15: Juvenile Justice
Chapter 16: Drugs and Crime
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Chapter 17: Terrorism, Multinational Criminal Justice, and Global Issues
Chapter 18: High-Technology Crimes
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Criminal Justice Today, 16e (Schmalleger)
Chapter 1 What Is Criminal Justice?
1.1 Multiple Choice
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
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B) chaos
C) organization
D) disorganization
Answer: D
Page Ref: 4
Objective: Summarize the history of crime in America and corresponding changes in the
U
American criminal justice system.
Level: Basic
D
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.
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A) Social
B) Group
C) Individual
D) Public order
Answer: C
AB
Page Ref: 4
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
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
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.
Level: Intermediate
ST
5) Currently, we are seeing a decline in which types of crime?
A) Mass shootings
B) Internet-based crimes
C) Traditional crimes
D) Inner-city murders
U
Answer: C
Page Ref: 6-7
Objective: Summarize the history of crime in America and corresponding changes in the
American criminal justice system.
D
Level: Intermediate
YL
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)
advocate.
A) social justice
B) public-order
C) individual-rights
AB
D) civil justice
Answer: B
Page Ref: 9
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
7) is an ideal that embraces all aspects of civilized life and is linked to fundamental
notions of fairness and cultural beliefs about right and wrong.
A) Public-order advocacy
B) Individual-rights advocacy
C) Social justice
D) Civil justice
202
Copyright © 2021 Pearson Education, Inc.
Criminal Justice Today: An Introductory Text for the 21st Century | 16th
Edition
by Frank Schmalleger
ST
U
D
YL
AB
, Table of Content
Chapter 1: What Is Criminal Justice?
Chapter 2: The Crime Picture
Chapter 3: The Search for Causes
Chapter 4: Criminal Law
Chapter 5: Policing: History and Structure
Chapter 6: Policing: Purpose and Organization
Chapter 7: Policing: Legal Aspects
Chapter 8: Policing: Issues and Challenges
Chapter 9: The Courts: Structure and Participants
ST
Chapter 10: Pretrial Activities and the Criminal Trial
Chapter 11: Sentencing
Chapter 12: Probation, Parole, and Community Corrections
U
Chapter 13: Prisons and Jails
Chapter 14: Prison Life
D
Chapter 15: Juvenile Justice
Chapter 16: Drugs and Crime
YL
Chapter 17: Terrorism, Multinational Criminal Justice, and Global Issues
Chapter 18: High-Technology Crimes
AB
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TEST BANK
Criminal Justice Today, 16e (Schmalleger)
Chapter 1 What Is Criminal Justice?
1.1 Multiple Choice
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
ST
B) chaos
C) organization
D) disorganization
Answer: D
Page Ref: 4
Objective: Summarize the history of crime in America and corresponding changes in the
U
American criminal justice system.
Level: Basic
D
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.
YL
A) Social
B) Group
C) Individual
D) Public order
Answer: C
AB
Page Ref: 4
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
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
American criminal justice system.
Level: Basic
201
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, KJHGFDSA
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.
Level: Intermediate
ST
5) Currently, we are seeing a decline in which types of crime?
A) Mass shootings
B) Internet-based crimes
C) Traditional crimes
D) Inner-city murders
U
Answer: C
Page Ref: 6-7
Objective: Summarize the history of crime in America and corresponding changes in the
American criminal justice system.
D
Level: Intermediate
YL
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)
advocate.
A) social justice
B) public-order
C) individual-rights
AB
D) civil justice
Answer: B
Page Ref: 9
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
7) is an ideal that embraces all aspects of civilized life and is linked to fundamental
notions of fairness and cultural beliefs about right and wrong.
A) Public-order advocacy
B) Individual-rights advocacy
C) Social justice
D) Civil justice
202
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