CRMJ 320 Midterm New 2016
(TCO 1) Prison populations have increased in the United States because of _____.
Student Answer: get tough on crime laws
the war on drugs
the fact that parole authorities are reluctant to release
inmates
All of the above
None of the above
Question 2. Question : (TCO 1) A crime punishable by confinement in a local jail for a year or
less is
Student
Answer:
an offense or infraction.
a misdemeanor.
a felony.
All of the above
None of the above
Question 3. Question : (TCO 1) A crime that is a violation of a local ordinance and is punishable by
only a fine is
Student
Answer:
an offense or infraction.
a misdemeanor.
a felony.
All of the above
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None of the above
Question 4.Question : (TCO 1) The United States crime rate is calculated by
_____.
Student Answer: dividing the number of convicted felons by the number of arrests nationally.
dividing the total number of major crimes committed in a given year by the total
population times 100,000 for a rate per 100,000.
adding the total number of major and minor crimes committed in a given year.
subtracting the total number of minor crimes from the number of all crimes and
multiplying it by 100,000.
Question 5. Question : (TCO 1) The Uniform Crime Report Part I index of major offenses includes all
but which?
Student
Answer:
Murder
Rape
Robbery
Burglary
Terrorism
Question 6.Question : (TCO 2) The first written laws of Rome were called _____.
Student
Answer:
the Rosetta Stone
the Twelve Tables
Caesar’s Laws
the Code of Hammurabi
Question 7.Question
:
(TCO 2) Culleus was _____.
Student Answer: the act of beheading a man who had committed a heinous
crime
the act of putting the offender in a sack with an ape, a dog,
and a
serpent and throwing the sack into the sea
the deflowering of a vestal virgin, which was considered a
moral crime
an illegal sex act performed against the laws in effect
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Question 8. Question : (TCO 2) The religious group _____ sometimes burned witches and unruly
slaves; made wide use of the stocks, the pillory, and the ducking stool; branded
criminal offenders; and forced women convicted of adultery to wear “scarlet
letters.”
Student
Answer:
Heaven’s Gate
Branch Davidians
Muslims
the Puritans
Question 9. Question : (TCO 2) A device consisting of nine knotted cords fastened to a wooden handle
used for whipping a convicted subject was
Student
Answer:
the iron glove.
the claw of justice.
the cat-o’-nine tails.
the punisher.
the Russian knout.
Question 10.Question
:
(TCO 2) Punishment as vengeance is also called
Student
Answer:
revenge.
incapacitation.
rehabilitation.
restitution.
Question 11. Question : (TCO 2) Which is a punishment philosophy that holds that criminal offenders are
morally blameworthy and are therefore deserving of punishment?
Student
Answer:
Deterrence
Incapacitation
Rehabilitation
Just deserts
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Question 12. Question : (TCO 2) The concept of just deserts de-emphasizes the emotional component of
revenge by claiming that criminal acts are _____ of punishment.
Student
Answer:
considerate
artifacts
precursors
deserving
Question 13. Question : (TCO 2) If you punish an individual seeking to change, which is that person’s
behavior called?
Student
Answer:
General deterrence
Incapacitation
Specific deterrence
Universal deterrence
Question 14. Question : (TCO 2) According to the text, punishment must be _____ in order to serve as an
effective deterrent.
Student
Answer:
swift
certain
severe
All of the above
Question 15.Question : (TCO 2) Statistically, the typical probationer is which?
Student
Answer:
A southern, white male
A northern, black male
A northern, white female
A southern, black female
Question 16. Question : (TCO 2) The halting or suspension, before conviction, of formal criminal
proceedings against a person, conditional upon some form of counterperformance by the defendant, is called which?
Student
Answer:
Parole
Probation
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Diversion
Special treatment
Question 17. Question : (TCO 2) If you lived in Philadelphia and were charged with possession and use
of a small amount of crack cocaine, you would _____.
Student Answer: be sentenced to a minimum of 5 years imprisonment.
be sentenced to life imprisonment.
be referred to the Philadelphia Treatment Court.
be released, because possession of crack cocaine is now a
misdemeanor.
Question 18. Question : (TCO 2) The conditional release of a convicted offender into the community
under the supervision of a probation officer is called which?
Student
Answer:
Probation
Parole
Diversion
Community suspension
Incapacitation
Question 19. Question : (TCO 2) A way to keep the offender at home in the community, avoid
incarceration, and carry out sanctions imposed by the court or probation agency
is called which?
Student
Answer:
Diversion
Probation
Conditional release
Recidivism
Question 20. Question : (TCO 2) Sanctions that move offenders from higher levels of control to lower
ones for the final phase of their sentences are
Student
Answer:
trap-door or side-door programs.
front-end programs.
back-end programs.
net widening.
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Question 21. Question : (TCO 2) The control of offenders in the community under strict conditions by
means of frequent reporting to a probation officer whose caseload is generally
limited to 30 offenders is called _____.
Student
Answer:
probation ordered by the court
parole monitoring program
intensive supervision probation
work release programs
Question 22. Question : (TCO 2) The nation’s first drug court was developed in which
city?
Student
Answer:
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Miami
Question 23.Question
:
(TCO 2) Community service is
Student Answer: a sentence to serve 40 hours working in unpaid positions with nonprofit
agencies.
a sentence to serve a specified number of hours working in paid positions with
nonprofit agencies.
a sentence to serve a specified number of hours working in unpaid positions with
for-profit agencies.
a sentence to serve a specified number of hours working in unpaid positions with
nonprofit agencies.
Question 24. Question : (TCO 3) _____ are locally operated correctional facilities that confine people
before and after conviction.
Student
Answer:
Prisons
Correctional institutions
Jails
Federal prison

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