The American System of Criminal Justice 14th Edition by Cole – Test Bank

1. According to Cole and Smith, which of the following is not a goal of the criminal justice system?​

  a.  ​Doing justice

  b.  ​Controlling crime

  c.  ​Preventing crime

  d.  ​Increasing crime

ANSWER:   d

REFERENCES:   The Goals of Criminal Justice

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:   ASCJ.COLE.15.03.01 – 03.01

2. Which of the following statements best explains the goals of the criminal justice system?​

  a.  ​The actions of citizens taking simple precautions cannot prevent crime.

  b.  ​Efforts to control crime allow police to go beyond the law.

  c.  ​Decisions must be made that reflect the legal, social, political, and moral values of society.

  d.  ​All of these are true.

ANSWER:   c

REFERENCES:   The Goals of Crime Justice

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:   ASCJ.COLE.15.03.01 – 03.01

3. The concept of dividing power between a central (national) government and a regional (state) government is called​

  a.  ​confederacy.

  b.  ​federalism.

  c.  ​constitutional.

  d.  ​political.

ANSWER:   b

REFERENCES:   Criminal Justice in a Federal System

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:   ASCJ.COLE.15.03.02 – 03.02

4. Prisons, jails, and other corrections facilities and programs are administered by which of the following?​

  a.  ​Federal government

  b.  ​State governments

  c.  ​City governments

  d.  ​All of the above

ANSWER:   d

REFERENCES:   Criminal Justice in a Federal System

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:   ASCJ.COLE.15.03.02 – 03.02

5. Which of the following is true concerning the criminal justice system and the U.S. Constitution?​

  a.  ​The U.S. Constitution does not discuss the criminal justice system specifically.

  b.  ​The U.S. Constitution dictates how state agencies should be run.

  c.  ​The U.S. Constitution created the state police agencies.

  d.  ​The U.S. Constitution created the federal law enforcement agencies.

ANSWER:   a

REFERENCES:   Criminal Justice in a Federal System

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:   ASCJ.COLE.15.03.02 – 03.02

6. The authority to make decisions without reference to specific rules or facts, using instead one’s own judgment is referred to as​

  a.  ​exchange.

  b.  ​due process.

  c.  ​system.

  d.  ​discretion.

ANSWER:   d

REFERENCES:   Criminal Justice as a System

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:   ASCJ.COLE.15.03.03 – 03.03

7. A key concept in the criminal justice process involving the mutual transfer of resources among individual actors is called​

  a.  ​exchange.

  b.  ​due process.

  c.  ​system.

  d.  ​discretion.

ANSWER:   a

REFERENCES:   Criminal Justice as a System

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:   ASCJ.COLE.15.03.03 – 03.03