SURVEY OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE 101
QUIZ # 4
TRUE/FALSE
______ 1. If prosecutors can prove, beyond a reasonable
doubt, that malicious intent was involved in a
misdemeanor case, they can charge the defendant with
a felony in either the second degree, third degree
or fourth degree since that is the level of intent
for those degrees of felony.
______ 2. The displacement phenomenon suggests that if the
level of police activity is increased in one area,
the number of crimes will decrease, but there will
be an increase in the number of crimes committed
outside of that intensely patrolled area.
______ 3. Vertical plea bargaining is where the severity of
the charges are reduced.
______ 4. Social contract theory is the belief that the state
is responsible to punish criminals. Bentham,
Beccaria, and Blackstone are social contract
theorists.
______ 5. The standard of proof in a misdemeanor case is
preponderance and in a felony case it is beyond a
reasonable doubt because of the seriousness of the
offense.
______ 6. In a civil suit the burden of proof rests with the
plantiff to demonstrate a preponderance of the
evidence.
______ 7. If a police officer decided to give you a warning
ticket for running a red light instead of a ticket
and you say, "Thanks officer," and give him a
friendly pat on the back, he can technically charge
you with assault.
______ 8. Sutherland's social process theory suggests that no
one is born a criminal but they become one through
a process of learning from the people they
associate with.
______ 9. The deterrence theory is based on the fact that we
act in a rational manner.
______ 10. An individual is not criminally liable for a remote
intervening consequence of an act committed. This
is part of the actus rea of a crime.
______ 11. When using the insanity plea, the burden of proof
rests on the defense to prove at the clear and
convicing level that the defendant lacks the
capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness of his
conduct.
______ 12. One role of the criminal justice system is to
suppress those in the lower classes so they don't
disrupt the status quo.
______ 13. Aggravated assault involves the beating of a person
over and over.
______ 14. The crime control model calls for strict search and
seizure standards.
______ 15. Lombroso is considered the father of criminology
because he suggested collecting data on crime
rather than philosophying about it.
______ 16. Uniform Crime Reports and Victimization Surveys
indicate there is more crime being committed than
is reported.
______ 17. If a prosecutor wishes to win a first degree felony
case, he must prove, beyond a reasonable doubt,
that the crime was premeditated.
______ 18. Bureaucratic Gravitation Phenomenon suggests that
if enough energy is put into a program in the
beginning, once it is left alone the program will
thrive.
______ 19. If you increase the severity of a penalty you
decrease the likelihood that it will be
administered so you'll increase the amount of bias
used in administering it.
______ 20. Anomie suggests that everything is hopeless and all
efforts at betterment of self are futile.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
______ 1. The taking and carrying away of the property of
another by force or the threat thereof is:
A. burglary
B. larceny
C. robbery
D. simple theft
______ 2. The key factor of deterrence is...
A. severity
B. clarity
C. swiftness
D. certainty
______ 3. The minimal standard of proof for an arrest is...
A. proof beyond a reasonable doubt
B. a preponderance
C. probable cause
D. reasonable suspicion
______ 4. Making threatening statements to a person is
classified as:
A. assault
B. verbal assault
C. aggravated assault
D. battery
______ 5. Which is not an element of the due process model?
A. criminal intent of little concern
B. protect the innocence
C. low certainty of apprehension
D. protect society from revolutionary
change
______ 6. Which is NOT a part of the corpus dilecti?
A. actus rea
B. mens rea
C. nilhil nocere
D. reasonable man test
______ 7. Taking and carrying away of the property of another
is:
A. robbery
B. burglary
C. embezzlement
D. larceny
______ 8. If general intent is proven in a murder trial, the
defendant can be charged with:
A. statutory manslaughter
B. voluntary manslaughter
C. involuntary manslaughter
D. first degree murder
______ 9. Which theorists believes in the classical theory
which suggest guilt should be put on the person and
we should scare people into not defying the law?
A. Hobbes
B. Lombroso
C. Quinney
D. Bentham
______ 10. Which is an element of crime control?
A. protect the innocent
B. allow known guilty to go free
C. use of community based corrections
D. frequent use of the death penalty
ANSWER KEY
QUIZ # 4
TRUE/FALSE
1. False - cannot change charges; petty larceny is a
misdemeanor regardless of the level of intent
2. True
3. True
4. False - Bentham, Beccaria, and Blackstone are classical
theorists
5. False - In all criminal cases level of proof is beyond
reasonable doubt, only civil cases is it
preponderance
6. True
7. True - slightest touch constitutes an assualt, technically
8. True
9. True
10. True
11. False - the standard is preponderance
12. True
13. True
14. False - crime control gives the police more freedom in
making searches and seizures
15. True
16. False - victimization surveys show crimes that do not get
reported and therefore don't show up on the UCR data
17. True
18. False - have to keep putting energy, effort, and money into a
program in order for it to work
19. True
20. True
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. C - robbery
2. D - certainty
3. C - probable cause
4. B - verbal assault
5. A - criminal intent of little concern
6. C - nilhil nocere
7. D - larceny
8. B - voluntary manslaughter
9. D - Bentham
10. D - frequent use of the death penalty