Benchmark Test / Final Exam

Chapter One 

____________________ – a primary role of the criminal justice system is to persuade people, through subtle and not-so-subtle means to abide by the dominant values of society. 

• The Courts

• The Police

• Institution of Social Control

• Institution of the Justice System

Chapter One 

__________________ the right to a jury trial when you're charged with a crime, protection against double jeopardy, protection against self-incrimination, the right to a fair trial, and protection against the taking of property by the government without compensation.

• 6th Amendment

• 8th Amendment

• 5th Amendment

• 14 Amendment

Chapter One 

___________________ Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

• 4th Amendment

• 23rd Amendment

• 8th Amendment

• 14 Amendment

Chapter One 

There are three types of federal courts: District Court (trail court), Circuit Court (appeals), and the Supreme Court which is the final level of the appeal process. They all fall under the _________________. 

• Judicial Branch

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Space Force Branch

Chapter One 

Federal Courts have the sole power to _____________, determine the constitutionality of the law, and apply it to individual cases. 

• to veto the presidents decisions

• find someone innocent

• find someone guilty

• interpret the law

Chapter One 

Intermediate punishment – a type sentence that is designed to be a _______________________________, such as electronic monitoring, house arrest, or drug and alcohol treatment programs. 

• harsh punishment for offenders

• middle ground between incarceration and probation

• a punishment without a court's decision

• middle ground between probation and life in prison

Chapter One 

 The principle that people are not to be held guilty of crimes merely on a showing, based on reliable evidence, that in all probability they did in fact do what they are accused of doing _____________________________

• Doctrine of non-guilt

• Doctrine of Legal Guilt

• Doctrine of Mens Rea

• Doctrine of Carpe Diem

Chapter One 

__________________ protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government.

• 4th Amendment

• 6th Amendment

• 14 Amendment

• 1st Amendment

True or False

If a vehicle is driving on a state roadway and driving really slow during daytime hours an officer can stop the vehicle under reasonable suspicion. 

• True

• False

A vehicle driving through a neighborhood where numerous burglaries occurred gives an officer reasonable suspicion to stop the vehicle. 

• True

• False