CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION
Multiple Choice
1. How do the actions that become “international crimes” reach that status?
a. Based on legal agreements between countries
b. Based on legal precedents that develop over time
c. They are actions against the peace and security of mankind
*d. All of these
2. How can an international crime occur within a single country?
a. It cannot happen
*b. It can happen when an international crime occurs within a single nation
c. It can only happen in the case of genocide
d. Do I have a life-line?
3. How is a transnational crime different from an international crime?
*a. Transnational crimes always involve more than one country
b. International crimes never involve more than one country
c. Transnational crimes are always tried in the International Criminal Court
d. International crimes always occur at border crossings
4. Which of the following is the least likely to be a transnational crime?
a. Money laundering
b. Drug trafficking
,*c. Burglary
d. Computer crime
5. Comparative criminology and criminal justice generally study
a. Large and small criminals
*b. Contrasts in the causes and response to crime in different nations and cultures
c. The deviant behaviors of man versus the lower animals
d. Crime and justice in individual countries around the world
6. Why should we compare systems and issues of criminal justice?
a. To find the “right” approach and use it everywhere
*b. To benefit from the experience of others
c. To illustrate U.S superiority over other nations in crime control
d. It’s a bad idea; is it too late to drop this class?
7. What is “ethnocentrism”?
*a. Belief in the superiority of one’s own culture, country, or ethnic group
b. The failure of different ethnic groups to reach a middle ground in understanding
c. The central ethnic groups are those from middle Asia
d. A new rock group from the middle of Ethiopia
8. It is said that the world has become much more interdependent in that actions and events
in one place affect many others in faraway places. This phenomenon is called..
a. The Internet
*b. Globalization
c. Cybercrime
d. Ethnocentrism
,9. The single thing needed most for solving the problems of transnational crime and justice
is
a. Money
b. Legislation
*c. Cooperation
d. Corruption
10. Why were the six “model” nations selected for highlighting in the textbook?
*a. They reflect particular historical families of law and political frameworks
b. They are generally recognized to have superior systems of criminal justice
c. They were the countries for which the most information was available.
d. You mean there’s a textbook required in this course?
11. The term “culture” in this course refers to
a. The level of sophistication of a country
*b. Deep-seated patterns of thought and behavior that developed over time
c. The role of women and minorities in a society
d. The spread of bacteria in a particular geographic area
12. Politicized justice refers to a situation where
a. Politicians are placed in charge of the criminal justice system
b. Justice occurs only for those holding political office
c. The criminal justice system focuses on political crimes
*d. The criminal justice process is subverted to achieve political ends
13. A typology of transnational crime groups theses offenses into three categories:
, a. Provisions of illicit goods, services, and homicide
*b. Provisions of illicit services, goods, and infiltration of business or government
c. Provision of illicit goods, extortion, and theft
d. Racketeering, genocide, and homicide
14. The sale, distribution, or large-scale possession of property obtained in violation of the
law is:
a. Counterfeiting
b. Cybercrime or fraud
*c. Trafficking in stolen property
d. Commercialized vice
15. With greater knowledge of comparative crime trends, governments can make better
decisions about the allocation of resources and
a. Why crime is so high in their own countries
*b. Why some nations are more successful at controlling crime rates
c. How many prisons to consider building
d. Which television programs and movie to censor
Sentence Completion
1. In China, minor crimes are disposed of in neighborhood courts and are presided
over by neighborhood volunteers.
2. International criminal justice is the study and description of one country’s laws,
criminal procedure, or justice process.
Multiple Choice
1. How do the actions that become “international crimes” reach that status?
a. Based on legal agreements between countries
b. Based on legal precedents that develop over time
c. They are actions against the peace and security of mankind
*d. All of these
2. How can an international crime occur within a single country?
a. It cannot happen
*b. It can happen when an international crime occurs within a single nation
c. It can only happen in the case of genocide
d. Do I have a life-line?
3. How is a transnational crime different from an international crime?
*a. Transnational crimes always involve more than one country
b. International crimes never involve more than one country
c. Transnational crimes are always tried in the International Criminal Court
d. International crimes always occur at border crossings
4. Which of the following is the least likely to be a transnational crime?
a. Money laundering
b. Drug trafficking
,*c. Burglary
d. Computer crime
5. Comparative criminology and criminal justice generally study
a. Large and small criminals
*b. Contrasts in the causes and response to crime in different nations and cultures
c. The deviant behaviors of man versus the lower animals
d. Crime and justice in individual countries around the world
6. Why should we compare systems and issues of criminal justice?
a. To find the “right” approach and use it everywhere
*b. To benefit from the experience of others
c. To illustrate U.S superiority over other nations in crime control
d. It’s a bad idea; is it too late to drop this class?
7. What is “ethnocentrism”?
*a. Belief in the superiority of one’s own culture, country, or ethnic group
b. The failure of different ethnic groups to reach a middle ground in understanding
c. The central ethnic groups are those from middle Asia
d. A new rock group from the middle of Ethiopia
8. It is said that the world has become much more interdependent in that actions and events
in one place affect many others in faraway places. This phenomenon is called..
a. The Internet
*b. Globalization
c. Cybercrime
d. Ethnocentrism
,9. The single thing needed most for solving the problems of transnational crime and justice
is
a. Money
b. Legislation
*c. Cooperation
d. Corruption
10. Why were the six “model” nations selected for highlighting in the textbook?
*a. They reflect particular historical families of law and political frameworks
b. They are generally recognized to have superior systems of criminal justice
c. They were the countries for which the most information was available.
d. You mean there’s a textbook required in this course?
11. The term “culture” in this course refers to
a. The level of sophistication of a country
*b. Deep-seated patterns of thought and behavior that developed over time
c. The role of women and minorities in a society
d. The spread of bacteria in a particular geographic area
12. Politicized justice refers to a situation where
a. Politicians are placed in charge of the criminal justice system
b. Justice occurs only for those holding political office
c. The criminal justice system focuses on political crimes
*d. The criminal justice process is subverted to achieve political ends
13. A typology of transnational crime groups theses offenses into three categories:
, a. Provisions of illicit goods, services, and homicide
*b. Provisions of illicit services, goods, and infiltration of business or government
c. Provision of illicit goods, extortion, and theft
d. Racketeering, genocide, and homicide
14. The sale, distribution, or large-scale possession of property obtained in violation of the
law is:
a. Counterfeiting
b. Cybercrime or fraud
*c. Trafficking in stolen property
d. Commercialized vice
15. With greater knowledge of comparative crime trends, governments can make better
decisions about the allocation of resources and
a. Why crime is so high in their own countries
*b. Why some nations are more successful at controlling crime rates
c. How many prisons to consider building
d. Which television programs and movie to censor
Sentence Completion
1. In China, minor crimes are disposed of in neighborhood courts and are presided
over by neighborhood volunteers.
2. International criminal justice is the study and description of one country’s laws,
criminal procedure, or justice process.
