C-Benchmark #1

Which model best assumes that the system's components work together harmoniously to achieve justice?

• The due process model
• The conflict model
• The individual rights model
• The consensus model

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DOK 3

A(n) _____ issued by a judge provides the legal basis for an apprehension of suspects by police.

• warrant
• indictment
• arraignment
• hearing

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DOK 3

Due process refers to _____.

• multiculturalism
• evidence-based practices
• adversarial justice
• procedural fairness

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DOK 2

Crime fighting strategies that have been scientifically tested and are based on social science research are known as ______.

• procedural strategies
• social justice
• sentinel events
• evidence-based practice

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DOK 3

The _____ model emphasizes the efficient arrest and conviction of criminal offenders.

• social control
• due process
• crime-control
• conflict

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DOK 3

If you are looking for national crime statistics and want data on crimes reported to the police, you should use which of the following sources of data?

• The Uniform Crime Reports
• The National Crime Victimization Survey
• A self-report survey
• None of these

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DOK 3

Which agency is responsible for the National Crime Victimization Survey?

• The Federal Bureau of Investigation
• The Central Intelligence Agency
• The US Department of Defense and Criminal Statistics
• The Bureau of Justice Statistics

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DOK 3

Why is the main reason why the Crime Index no longer included in the UCR?

• Too many types of crime are not included.
• There are so many larcenies that this crime overshadows more serious index crimes.
• The Crime Index does not permit comparisons across jurisdictions or over time.
• No one was using it, so the FBI stopped calculating it.

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DOK 3

The dark figure of crime refers to _____. (DOK 2)

• crime that occurs at night
• crime that is not reported to the police
• crime committed by the police
• bias crimes

A classification of crimes along a particular dimension, such as legal categories, offender motivation, victim behavior, or the characteristics of individual offenders is known as a(n) _____.

• crime typology
• crime map
• crime analysis
• crime profile

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DOK 3