SURVEY OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE 101
QUIZ # 10
 
 
TRUE/FALSE
 
________        1. The duty of the state appellate courts is to
                handle appeals from state courts. 
 
________        2. A few responsibilities of the U.S. Magistrate
                Court are initial appearance, preliminary hearings, and
                felony jury trials.
 
________        3. The U.S. District Court handles federal felony
                cases, arraignments, some appeals, and cases involving
                diversive jurisdiction.
 
________        4. Someone who wants the district court to hear their
                civil case requests a Writ of Certiorari.       
 
________        5. Parole is the most common sentence handed down by
                a judge.
 
________        6. The Pennsylvania Plan was the most cost-effective
                prison system.
 
________        7. James Q. Wilson advocates building more prisons.
 
________        8. Wilson vs. Seiter made it difficult for inmates to
                win unconstitutional conditions of confinement civil suits.
 
________        9. The Selective Incapacitation concept suggests the
                need to use prisons for serious offenders, and to divert
                less serious offenders into alternative correctional
                programs.
 
________        10. The further individuals find themselves in the
                correctional system, the fewer Constitutional rights they enjoy.
 
 
MULTIPLE CHOICE
 
________        1.      Which of the following is NOT a problem of      
                        selective incapacitation?
                        A.  beta error - many individuals are
                        punished more severely than they should be
                        B.  a large increase in prison populations
                        will occur
                        C.  can't identify violent offenders
                        D.  all of the above are problems
 
________        2.      Recidivism is made up of the following components:
                        A.  time dimension
                        B.  type of violation
                        C.  intrusion level
                        D.  all of the above
 
________        3.      Morrisey vs. Brewer provided that:
                        A.  inmates may be placed in solitary   
                        confinement without a hearing
                        B.  parolees have a right to an attorney
                        C.  parolees may confront and cross-examine
                        evidence against them
                        D.  created a totality of the circumstances test
                        for determining unconstitutional conditions of
                        confinement
 
________        4.      Which of the following is NOT a purpose of
                        punishment?
                        A.  deterrence
                        B.  due process
                        C.  retribution
                        D.  revenge
                        E.  rehabilitation
                        F.  reintegration
 
________        5.      Which Supreme Court decision first gave an inmate
                        the right to a formal hearing for disciplinary infractions?
                        A. Wolff vs. McDonnell
                        B. Gagnon vs. Scarpelli
                        C. Wilson vs. Seiter
                        D. Harris vs. U.S.
                        E. Morrissey vs. Brewer
 
________        6.      When a candidate is selected by an executive
                        appointment for a judgeship, this is referred to as:
                        A. Missouri Plan
                        B. Partisan Election
                        C. Gubernatorial Appointment
                        D. Legislative Appointment
                        E. All of the above
 
FILL IN THE BLANK
 
 1.     Before the 1970s the Supreme Court took a __________ approach to
        correctional law.
 
 2.     The __________ was where Quakers sent boys at the first hint of
        deviance.
 
 3.     In general, __________ is the reoccurrence of criminality.
 
 
 4.     Giving a defendant a prison sentence and then letting them out on
        probation quickly is called ___________.
 
 5.     __________ is a sentence given to property offenders which
        requires the defendant to compensate the victim for their
        financial loss.
 
ANSWER KEY
QUIZ # 10
 
 
TRUE/FALSE
 
 1.     TRUE 
 2.     FALSE --  not jury trials, misdemeanors and felony offenses 
 3.     TRUE                    
 4.     FALSE --  this is in the supreme court only and it deals
                  with appellate cases
 5.     FALSE --  probation is the most common sentence
 6.     FALSE --  Auburn was a cost-effective prison system
 7.     TRUE
 8.     TRUE
 9.     TRUE
10.     TRUE
 
 
MULTIPLE CHOICE
 
 1.     D -- all of the above
 2.     D -- all of the above
 3.     C -- parolees may confront and cross-examine evidence
             against them
 4.     B -- due process
 5.     A -- Wolff vs. McDonnell
 6.     C -- Gubernatorial Appointment
 
 
FILL IN THE BLANK
 
 1.     hands off
 2.     House of Penitence
 3.     recidivism
 4.     shock probation
 5.     restitution