Criminal Justice System

The purpose of the criminal justice system.

• Prevent crime

• Maintain justice

• Control crime

• Interlock networks

The criminal justice system consists of _________ different divisions.

• One

• Two

• Three

• Four

The chief officer in county law enforcement.

• Police

• Marshal

• Sheriff

• Warden

Our court system is based on a __________ court system.

• separate

• individual

• dual

• tiered

Probation and halfway houses fall under which division of the criminal justice system?

• Law enforcement

• Corrections

• Courts

The ability, within the system, for individual participants to make their own decisions on the execution of their duties is known as ________________.

• Decision-making

• Ethics

• Court system

• Discretion

The base layer of offenses, under the Wedding Cake Model, consists of

• Lesser felonies

• Misdemeanors

• Celebrated crimes

• Serious felonies

Right of society to be protected from crime.

• Prevailing theory

• Due Process model

• Crime Control model

Right of the individual to be protected from the government.

• Prevailing theory

• Crime Control model

• Due Process model

The United States Supreme Court falls under the (a)   court system.