Intro to Criminal Justice Module 4 test Study Guide

A crime is a violation of the ___ of a political jurisdiction.

• tort

• civil law

• penal code

• morals

Which of the following refers to the way in which the criminal law should be enforced?

• specificity

• uniformity

• politicality

• regularity

Which of the following refers to the legitimate source of criminal law

• specificity

• uniformity

• politicality

• regularity

Which of the following penal sanctions is used primarily to prevent undesired conduct and to provide retribution

• punishment

• restitution

• regulation

• treatment

The criminal law of the United States, for the most part, is derived from the laws of:

• colonial America

• Israel

• Sumeria

• England

It was the common-plea decisions made by judges in eyre that formed the body of legal precedent that became known at the:

• forfeiture

• king's peace

• Norman court system

• common law

In case law, the decision becomes a potential basis, or ___, for deciding the outcomes of similar cases in the future.

• stare decisis

• precedent

• ordinance

• common law

Most of the procedural, or due process rights, given to criminal suspects or defendants in the United States are found in:

• common law

• the Bill of Rights

• the First Amendment to the Constitution

• Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure

The Supreme Court did not interpret the Fourteenth Amendment as incorporating the Bill of Rights until:

• the 1860s

• the 1960s

• the 1980s

• the 19th century

The ___ protects Americans from "unreasonable searches and seizures."

• Eighth Amendment

• Fifth Amendment

• Sixth Amendment

• Fourth Amendment