Criminal Justice System Quiz

Which of the following is not a goal of the criminal justice system?

• Doing justice

• Controlling crime

• Preventing crime

• Pushing crime offshore

The concept of dividing power between the central (national) government and regional (state) governments is called

• confederacy

• federalism

• constitutionality

• a political system

Which level of government administers prisons, jails, and other corrections facilities and programs?

• Federal, state, and city governments

• Federal government

• State governments

• City governments

The authority to make decisions based on personal judgment, without reference to specific rules or facts, is referred to as

• discretion

• interchange

• exchange

• system transfer

A key concept in the criminal justice process involving the mutual transfer of resources among individual actors is called

• system transfers

• exchange

• discretion

• process distribution

The United States has a ______ system.

• dual court

• triple court

• one court

• quadruple court

Which term describes a person being physically taken into custody?

• Information

• Indictment

• Arrest

• Warrant

A true bill coming from a grand jury and charging a suspect with a specific crime is called a(n)

• booking

• information

• warrant

• indictment

A court order issued by a judge authorizing police officers to make arrests or search premises is called a(n)

• true bill

• booking

• warrant

• arrest

Most defendants whose charges are not dropped ultimately

• go to trial

• plead guilty

• serve long prison sentences

• are not guilty by reason of insanity