Creating Criminal Justice 2020 Exam 1- CCJ 2020 Exam 1 Questions with Answers Test Guide

1. If, after conducting a preliminary investigation of the legal merits of a case, a prosecutor decides to take no further
action, this is referred to as a charging warning.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: The Formal Criminal Justice Process
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ITCJ.SIWO.16.1.6 - Trace the formal criminal justice process.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

2. Evidence-based programming does not have to consider intervening factors.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Creating Criminal Justice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ITCJ.SIWO.16.1.3 - Discuss the formation of the criminal justice
system.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

3. Cost-effectiveness is one of the unifying principles of evidence-based justice efforts.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Creating Criminal Justice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ITCJ.SIWO.16.1.3 - Discuss the formation of the criminal justice
system.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

4. Most criminal cases are processed through the entire formal justice system.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: The Informal Criminal Justice System
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ITCJ.SIWO.16.1.7 - Know what is meant by the term “criminal justice assembly line.”
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

5. An officer’s initial contact with an individual is considered part of the informal criminal justice process.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: The Formal Criminal Justice System
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ITCJ.SIWO.16.1.6 - Trace the formal criminal justice process.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

6. Less serious felonies make up the bottom layer of the criminal justice system wedding cake.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

,REFERENCES: The Informal Criminal Justice System
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ITCJ.SIWO.16.1.8 - Discuss the “wedding cake” model of justice.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

7. The crime control perspective views the justice system as a means of caring for and treating people who cannot manage
themselves.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Perspectives on Justice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ITCJ.SIWO.16.1.9 - Be familiar with the various perspectives on
justice.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

8. The equal justice perspective advocates that judges consider extralegal factors in sentencing.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Perspectives on Criminal Justice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ITCJ.SIWO.16.1.9 - Be familiar with the various perspectives on
justice.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

9. During the past decade, the crime control and equal justice perspectives have dominated in criminal justice.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Perspectives on Justice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ITCJ.SIWO.16.1.9 - Be familiar with the various perspectives on
justice.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

10. Ethical behavior is particularly important in law enforcement because police officers have the authority to
deprive people of their liberty, and use physical, and even deadly force.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Ethics in Criminal Justice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ITCJ.SIWO.16.1.10 - Understand the ethical issues that arise in criminal
justice.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

11. The only professionals in the criminal justice system that should be concerned with ethical behavior are
police officers.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

,REFERENCES: Ethics in Criminal Justice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ITCJ.SIWO.16.1.10 - Understand the ethical issues that arise in criminal
justice.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

12. Correctional officers have significant coercive power over offenders.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Ethics in Criminal Justice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ITCJ.SIWO.16.1.10 - Understand the ethical issues that arise in criminal
justice.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

13. If a lawyer assists their client in engaging in illegal behavior, they are not subject to criminal charges because of their
attorney–client privilege.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Ethics in Criminal Justice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ITCJ.SIWO.16.1.10 - Understand the ethical issues that arise in criminal
justice.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

14. The nonintervention perspective believes there is a stigma that locks people into a criminal way of life.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Perspectives on Justice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ITCJ.SIWO.16.1.9 - Be familiar with the various perspectives on
justice.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

15. The crime control perspective believes that too many suspects go free because of legal technicalities.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Perspectives on Justice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ITCJ.SIWO.16.1.9 - Be familiar with the various perspectives on
justice.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

16. The media tends to focus on Level IV cases of the wedding cake model of justice.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: The Informal Criminal Justice System

, LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ITCJ.SIWO.16.1.8 - Discuss the “wedding cake” model of justice.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

17. Most cases that go to trial result in a conviction.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: The Informal Criminal Justice System
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ITCJ.SIWO.16.1.7 - Know what is meant by the term “criminal justice assembly line.”
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

18. The Miranda warnings must be read to all suspects arrested by law enforcement.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: The Formal Criminal Justice System
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ITCJ.SIWO.16.1.6 - Trace the formal criminal justice process.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

19. The level of government that collectively spends the most on justice expenditures are local agencies.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: The Formal Criminal Justice System
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ITCJ.SIWO.16.1.5 - Comprehend the size and scope of the contemporary justice
system.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

20. The current criminal justice system is not responsible for protecting the country from international and
domestic terrorists.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: The Contemporary Criminal Justice System
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ITCJ.SIWO.16.1.1 - Be able to define the concept of criminal justice.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

21. Complex criminal conspiracies require cooperation of different criminal justice agencies.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: The Contemporary Criminal Justice System
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ITCJ.SIWO.16.1.1 - Be able to define the concept of criminal justice.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

22. The crime rate was much higher 100 years ago than it is today.