Unit 2-Overview of the CJ System

According to a study which of the following types of news stories dominates local television news shows?

• government and politics

• crime and criminal justice

• sports

• natural disasters

Like the family, schools, organized religion, the media, and the law, criminal justice is a(n):

• subtle social control

• private response to crime

• institution of social control

• informal method of social control

The term jurisdiction, as used in your text, means:

• the specific location in which a court is located

• the loose confederation of prisons & jails around the county

• a politically defined geographical area

• the system of rank and heirarchy within police agencies

The booking process typically involves:

• entering the suspect's charge in the police blotter

• entering the suspect's name in the police blotter

• entering the suspect's fingerprints or photo in the police blotter

• all of these

A(n) ____ is a charging document specifying that an offense has been committed by a person or persons named or described.

• information

• grand jury indictment

• complaint

• all of these are charging documents

In the case of a misdemeanor or an ordinance violation, a(n) ____ may be held.

• information

• summary trial

• arrest warrant

• grand jury

About ____ of criminal defendants plead guilty to the charges against them, in an arrangement called plea bargaining.

• 50 percent

• 10 percent

• 95 percent

• 40 percent

Cases that are not resolved through plea bargaining or by a jury trial are decided by a judge in a:

• grand jury

• bench trial

• arraignment

• indictment

If defendants are not satisfied with the outcome of their trials, then they have the right to:

• declare a mistrial

• appeal

• request new counsel

• a retrial

The seizing of a person and detaining him or her in custody by lawful authority.

• Jurisdiction

• Ordinance violation

• Grand Jury Indictment

• Arrest