Fundamentals of Criminal Justice, Exams of Advanced Education

Download Fundamentals of Criminal Justice and more Exams Advanced Education in PDF only on Docsity! 1 Chicago Police Exam #1 Questions with A+ Graded And Verified Answers. 1. What is criminology? - Correct Ans: ✔✔The study of crime and punishment 2. What is the UCR program? - Correct Ans: ✔✔A two part system. They provide law enforcement with data for use in budget formulation, planning, resource allocation, assessment of police operations, etc., to help address the crime problem at various levels. 3. Crime Triangle - Correct Ans: ✔✔Also referred to as the problem analysis triangle, a strategy that focuses on immediate concerns present in the environment in order to confront difficult issues. 4. "Offender,Victim,Location" 5. Five Principles of Classical School of Criminology - Correct Ans: ✔✔Rationality: Free will 6. Hedonism: People seek pleasure & try to avoid pain 7. Punishment: Works as deterrent to crime 8. Human Rights: No unreasonable harsh punishment 9. Due Process: Innocent until proven guilty 10. Example of a Informal Leader - Correct Ans: ✔✔Activists/Community Leader 2 11. "Doesn't hold position/power" 12. Example of a Positional Leader - Correct Ans: ✔✔Decision making power "Alderman" 13. What is a Community Profile? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Characteristics of a community that includes economic trends, social or community needs, political constituents. 14. What is Community Policing? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Engage/Collaborate with communities in the fight against crime,meaningful partnerships 15. What are shared interests? "Community Culture" - Correct Ans: ✔✔A.Geographic Boundaries 16. B.Demographic Boundaries 17. C.Statistical Characteristics 18. D. Total Populations 19. What is labeling theory? - Correct Ans: ✔✔labels given to people affect not only how others respond to that person, but also the person's self image 20. What is Social Disorganization Theory? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Contends that deviance and crime increase due to a 5 42. Mental State - Correct Ans: ✔✔Act was committed with intent, knowledge, recklessness, and negligence 43. Conduct - Correct Ans: ✔✔An act or omission and its accompanying mental state 44. Dwelling - Correct Ans: ✔✔Enclosed space used or intended for the use of human habitation (home/residence) 45. Offense - Correct Ans: ✔✔Violation of any penal statute 46. Petty Offense - Correct Ans: ✔✔Fines/not punishable by an unauthorized disposition 47. Peace Officer - Correct Ans: ✔✔A duty to maintain public order or to make arrests for offenses 48. Penal Institution - Correct Ans: ✔✔A penitentiary, prison, jail or house of corrections 49. Can an alleged victim sue an officer in civil court - Correct Ans: ✔✔Yes 6 50. Two or more people agree to commit a crime - Correct Ans: ✔✔Conspiracy 51. Jursidiction - Correct Ans: ✔✔an area of authority or control; the right to administer justice, or where the crime was committed 52. Reasonable Belief - Correct Ans: ✔✔A belief that would be held by an ordinary and prudent man in the same circumstances as the actor. 53. Crime - Correct Ans: ✔✔A violation of criminal law for which some governmental authority applies formal penalties. 54. consciously aware - Correct Ans: ✔✔having an awareness of one's environment and one's own existence, sensations, and thoughts. Recognizing what is going on, the results of actions and decisions 55. Conscientious objective - Correct Ans: ✔✔Intent to accomplish that result or Engage in that conduct 56. Inchoate Offenses - Correct Ans: ✔✔Conduct deemed criminal without actual harm being done, provided that the harm that would have occurred is one the law tries to prevent. 7 a. Attempt b. Solicitation c. Conspiracy 57. Methods of Prosecution - Correct Ans: ✔✔Complaint, Information, Indictment 58. 3 branches of government - Correct Ans: ✔✔Judicial (Interpret Laws) 59. Executive (Enforces laws) 60. Legislative (Makes Laws) 61. MAACK BART - Correct Ans: ✔✔Murder (1st/2nd Degree) 62. Agg. Battery (with GBH or permanent disability or disfigurement) 63. Agg. Criminal Sexual Assault 64. Criminal Sexual Assault (Pred Criminal Sexual Assault of a Child) 65. Kidnapping (Agg. Kidnapping) 66. Burglary (Residential Burglary) 67. Arson (Agg. Arson) 68. Robbery 69. Treason 70. +And other felonies which involves the use or threat or physical force or violence against any individual* 10 87. 3 Phases of Driver's License Graduated Driver - Correct Ans: ✔✔Driver's Ed, Permit, Driver's License 88. How can a 15 year old can have 2 persons in the car. - Correct Ans: ✔✔One must be 21yrs old and have a drivers license 89. Difference between First/Second Division Vehicles: - Correct Ans: ✔✔1st Division- Not more than 10 persons 90. 2nd Division- More than 10 persons 91. How long do new IL residents have to get registered? - Correct Ans: ✔✔30 days 92. 45 days for Military 93. How long do new IL residents have to get registration? - Correct Ans: ✔✔90 Days 94. Will driving on a suspended or revoked D/L result in jail time - Correct Ans: ✔✔Yes 95. What is a highway - Correct Ans: ✔✔Roadway with shoulders and berm 11 96. What is a Roadway - Correct Ans: ✔✔Portion of highway designated for vehicles to travel 97. What does Chapter 625 contain? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Traffic laws 98. What is an antique vehicle and what is it allowed to do? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Over 25 years of age 99. Only allowed to go to and from show or exhibition 100. What is a crosswalk? - Correct Ans: ✔✔The area where pedestrians may cross the roadway 101. What is an intersection? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Prolongation of the curb line, point where two or more roads meet or cross 102. Motorcycle - Correct Ans: ✔✔a motor vehicle with two wheels with a seat/saddle 103. What is a Motor Driven Cycle - Correct Ans: ✔✔Less than 150cc engine 12 104. What is a GVWR - Correct Ans: ✔✔Gross Vehicle Weight Rating 105. What is merging traffic? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Both vehicles need to adjust vehicle speed and lateral positioning 106. What is a sidewalk - Correct Ans: ✔✔Adjacent/parallel to the roadway, between roadway and property lines, sidewalk does not have to be paved or improved 107. What is a street - Correct Ans: ✔✔Area between the boundary lines of the road 108. What is a stop in regards to a vehicle? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Complete cessation of all movement 109. What are the specific Speed Limits? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Speed limits posted on all roadways and highways 110. Municipal laws can be stricter than State laws 111. Roadway 30mphs 112. Alleyways 15mph 113. What is "Right-of-Way"? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Vehicle allows a pedestrian or another vehicle to proceed 15 136. A well documented repost should contain - Correct Ans: ✔✔A solid base for follow up by investigators 137. Establishes the elements of the crime 138. Accurately describes the who, what, when, where and why of an investigation 139. What best describes evidence - Correct Ans: ✔✔Evidence is anything that can assist in the reconstruction of a crime, the identification of the offender, or connecting individuals with the scene of the crime 140. Preliminary investigators should not disturb evidence unless - Correct Ans: ✔✔It is necessary to preserve life or to protect the evidence from loss 141. When can police officers engage in gather intelligence? - Correct Ans: ✔✔When there is a reasonable law enforcement purpose 142. Intelligence can best be gained by: - Correct Ans: ✔✔Intelligence may be gathered from multiple sources 143. IF there are multiple witnesses to an incident those witnesses - Correct Ans: ✔✔Should be separated since each may have different knowledge or perspectives regarding an incident 16 144. When conducting a canvas for witnesses - Correct Ans: ✔✔Record the addresses checked, IF anyone answered or negative response record the name of the person responding and what was learned in the case report/supplement report 145. A show up is conducted by bring witness to view the offender: - Correct Ans: ✔✔Within 1 hour of the incident 146. What is Routine Activity Theory? - Correct Ans: ✔✔A theory that is suggested a routine to create an opportunity for crime 147. The two types of Deterrence? - Correct Ans: ✔✔General Deterrence 148. Specific Deterrence 149. What is General Deterrence? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Not committing a crime because you know the consequence. 150. What is Specific Deterrence? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Person who has already been punished chooses not to commit another crime do to the fact that they could be punished again 151. What is Deterrence Theory? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Crime can be controlled using punishent 17 152. What is Rational Choice Theory? - Correct Ans: ✔✔People generally act in their self-interest & make decisions to commit crime after weighing risks vs rewards. 153. What is Control Theory? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Why a person is not a criminal. 154. What is Determinism? - Correct Ans: ✔✔the doctrine that all events, including human action, are ultimately determined by causes external to the will. Some philosophers have taken determinism to imply that individual human beings have no free will and cannot be held morally responsible for their actions.