Unit 7: Enforcing the Law and the Nature of Courts Review

The most important feature of the crime control model is what?

• Protecting individuals from being falsely accused
• Reducing crime
• Punishing those who commit crimes
• All of the above are important features of this model

Which of the following is generally NOT required for someone to become a police officer?

• background check
• clean record
• good physical condition
• recommendations from teachers

What is the most important factor in the decision to arrest someone?

• their attitude
• the nature of the crime
• the time of day
• the evidence against the person

What is a decision that a police officer makes?

• Whether a person should be convicted or not
• Whether a person should be sentenced or not
• Whether a person should be arrested or not
• Whether a person should be executed or not

The due process model is concerned with doing what for individuals?

• punishing them
• protecting them
• abusing them
• arresting them

Anyone can be a police officer and handle the job.

• true
• false

Police departments are seeing decreasing numbers of minority and female recruits.

• true
• false

Neighborhood Watch is an example of what type of policing?

• community policing
• vigilantism policing
• personal policing
• due process policing

Who oversees courts of limited jurisdiction?

• Associate justices
• Chief justices
• Justice of the Peace
• Court Justices

How many judges are there on state supreme courts?

• 2 to 4
• 5 to 9
• 13 to 15
• 20 to 22