CJUS 330 TEST 1

70/80 Points

• Question 1

  2 out of 2 points

  The primary justification for providing constitutional safeguards in the criminal justice process is to ensure that:

  Question 2

• 2 out of 2 points

  Laws created by federal and state legislatures are known as:

  Question 3

• 2 out of 2 points

  Which of the following is true of grand juries?

  Question 4

• 0 out of 2 points

  Which of the following is a characteristic of the crime control model of criminal justice?

  Question 5

• 1.5 out of 1.5 points

  A law in action perspective helps us understand the dynamics of courthouse justice.

• Question 6

  1.5 out of 1.5 points

  Proponents of the crime control model believe that the courts’ priority should be to protect the rights of the individual.

• Question 7

  1.5 out of 1.5 points

  A law in action perspective stresses the importance of discretion.

• Question 8

  1.5 out of 1.5 points

  In the United States, separate systems of federal courts and state courts exist.

  Question 9

• 2 out of 2 points

  The administrative policymaking organization of the federal judicial system, composed of 26 federal judges, is the:

  Question 10

• 2 out of 2 points

  Who is the presiding office of the U.S. Supreme Court?

  Question 11

• 2 out of 2 points

  The Administrative Office was established in __________.

• Question 12

  2 out of 2 points

  In 1950, Congress extended significant new due process rights in courts-martial by adopting the:

• Question 13

  1.5 out of 1.5 points

  Prior to the Civil War, the U.S. Supreme Court was required to hear every case that was appealed to it.

• Question 14

  1.5 out of 1.5 points

  U.S. magistrate judges may try to sentence felony defendants.

• Question 15

  1.5 out of 1.5 points

  A basic rule of American politics is that citizens’ demands for service exceed the willingness of voters to raise taxes to pay for those services.

• Question 16

  1.5 out of 1.5 points

  The onset of the Industrial Revolution increased the caseload of the federal courts.

• Question 17

  0 out of 2 points

  To be eligible for drug treatment by drug courts, defendants:

  Question 18

• 2 out of 2 points

  How many layers exist in a typical court system?

• Question 19

  2 out of 2 points

  What is the emphasis in domestic violence courts?

  Question 20

• 2 out of 2 points

  What are the urban counterparts of the justice of the peace courts?

• Question 21

  1.5 out of 1.5 points

  Intermediate courts of appeals must hear all properly filed appeals.

• Question 22

  1.5 out of 1.5 points

  Initial evaluations of early drug courts found favorable rates of success.

  Question 23

• 0 out of 1.5 points

  Intermediate courts of appeals handle the bulk of the caseloads in the appellate system.

• Question 24

  1.5 out of 1.5 points

  Nowhere is the policy-making role of state high courts of last resort more apparent than in deciding death penalty cases.

  Question 25

• 0 out of 2 points

  An increase in the public’s fear of juvenile crime has led to what?

  Question 26

• 2 out of 2 points

  One of the states that has the oldest age of juvenile court jurisdiction over delinquency matters is __________, at age 24.

• Question 27

  2 out of 2 points

  Which case held that the death penalty may not be imposed on offenders who commit crimes before they are 18?

  Question 28

• 2 out of 2 points

  Within a generation, many of the social forces unleashed by the Progressives would lead to:

  Question 29

• 1.5 out of 1.5 points

  Judges are the central authority in the juvenile court system.

• Question 30

  1.5 out of 1.5 points

  In juvenile court, petition cases are handle formally.

  Question 31

• 1.5 out of 1.5 points

  Shared norms are the hallmark of courtroom work groups.

• Question 32

  1.5 out of 1.5 points

  Parental rights may be terminated altogether if a juvenile court judge determines that the parents failed in their responsibility to raise a child properly.

• Question 33

  2 out of 2 points

  Who is the record keeper for the court, often responsible for summoning potential jurors?

• Question 34

  2 out of 2 points

  Which concept is directly related to the reality that the criminal courthouse is not a single organization but rather a collection of separate institutions that gather in a common workplace?

• Question 35

  2 out of 2 points

  Roughly what percentage of courts were found to have less-than-adequate or no exterior CCTV cameras?

• Question 36

  2 out of 2 points

  The right to a speedy trial:

• Question 37

  1.5 out of 1.5 points

  Metal detectors and surveillance are modern technologies.

• Question 38

  0 out of 1.5 points

  Law in action approaches to solving the problem of delay are ineffective because they focus on coordinating the activities of the key actors in the courthouse.

• Question 39

  1.5 out of 1.5 points

  Courts are paperwork bureaucracies.

  Question 40

• 1.5 out of 1.5 points

  Legal ethics seek to ensure clients that their lawyers are working in their best interests.

  Question 41

• 4 out of 5 points

  Contrast the due process and crime control model

  Question 42

• 5 out of 5 points

  Contrast civil and criminal law proceedings.