CHAPTER 14 CRJ 320 MULTIPLE
CHOICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(GRADED A+)
The due process model of criminal justice believes the death penalty should be
abolished because - ANSWER-a. it is morally wrong for the state to take a life.
The crime control model of criminal justice believes that the death penalty should be
retained because - ANSWER-a. it is morally acceptable to take the life of a person who
has already taken another person's life.
Advocates of the due process model stress that - ANSWER-c. death penalty trials
involved procedural irregularities.
The Court has narrowed the list of death-eligible offenders by striking down death
penalty provisions for most crimes. Which of the following crimes remains an open
question? - ANSWER-d. treason.
In what case, in 1976, did the U.S. Supreme Court upheld guided discretion death
penalty laws. - ANSWER-d. Gregg v. Georgia
What two Supreme Court Rulings led to the bifurcated process for death penalty
sentencing? - ANSWER-a. Furman v. Georgia and Gregg v. Georgia
With regard to the death penalty, the Supreme Court has ruled that - ANSWER-a.
potential jurors may be excluded if they oppose the death penalty.
The nineteenth century British criminologist who popularized deterrence theory was -
ANSWER-d. Jeremy Bentham.
The idea that the sentence of one offender should be a warning to others is inherent in
what sentencing philosophy? - ANSWER-c. Deterrence
Which of the following statements is true about fines? - ANSWER-a. The imposition of a
fine is one of the oldest and also one of the most widely used forms of punishment.
Sentences used as alternatives to incarceration include which of the following? -
ANSWER-c. fines.
Proponents of the Due Process Model make which of the following arguments against
the death penalty? - ANSWER-d. The death penalty is immoral, does not provide a
deterrent, and is unfairly administered.
CHOICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(GRADED A+)
The due process model of criminal justice believes the death penalty should be
abolished because - ANSWER-a. it is morally wrong for the state to take a life.
The crime control model of criminal justice believes that the death penalty should be
retained because - ANSWER-a. it is morally acceptable to take the life of a person who
has already taken another person's life.
Advocates of the due process model stress that - ANSWER-c. death penalty trials
involved procedural irregularities.
The Court has narrowed the list of death-eligible offenders by striking down death
penalty provisions for most crimes. Which of the following crimes remains an open
question? - ANSWER-d. treason.
In what case, in 1976, did the U.S. Supreme Court upheld guided discretion death
penalty laws. - ANSWER-d. Gregg v. Georgia
What two Supreme Court Rulings led to the bifurcated process for death penalty
sentencing? - ANSWER-a. Furman v. Georgia and Gregg v. Georgia
With regard to the death penalty, the Supreme Court has ruled that - ANSWER-a.
potential jurors may be excluded if they oppose the death penalty.
The nineteenth century British criminologist who popularized deterrence theory was -
ANSWER-d. Jeremy Bentham.
The idea that the sentence of one offender should be a warning to others is inherent in
what sentencing philosophy? - ANSWER-c. Deterrence
Which of the following statements is true about fines? - ANSWER-a. The imposition of a
fine is one of the oldest and also one of the most widely used forms of punishment.
Sentences used as alternatives to incarceration include which of the following? -
ANSWER-c. fines.
Proponents of the Due Process Model make which of the following arguments against
the death penalty? - ANSWER-d. The death penalty is immoral, does not provide a
deterrent, and is unfairly administered.
