Overview of CJ Review

True or False: Police officers typically respond to sensational crimes reported by the media.

• True

• False

What is not an institution of social control?

• Schools

• Your family

• Yourself

• The law

How is criminal justice different from other institutions of social control?

• It's society's first line of defense.

• It's society's last line of prosecution.

• It's society's last line of defense.

• It's society's answer to problems.

When you refer to the "criminal justice system", what does that include?

• police, fire, & ems

• police, courts, & corrections

• courts, corrections, probation

• jails, parole, probation

What is an example of a jurisdiction?

• Walmart

• Target

• BMW dealership

• Hamilton, Georgia

When does a crime begin?

• When a crime is reported

• When police investigate

• When someone is arrested

• When someone calls the dispatcher

What is an arrest?

• When someone is frisked.

• When someone is in jail.

• When someone is put in handcuffs.

• When someone is seized and detained by a lawful authority.

What information is typically on the administrative recording of an arrest? This is the booking process.

• The suspect's name & charge

• `The victim's name & address

• The victim's account of what happened

• The suspect's account of what happened

Who decides whether to charge the suspect with a crime?

• The police officer

• The victim

• The judge

• The prosecutor

What is a complaint?

• a written accusation by a grand jury that a person has committed a crime

• a document that outlines the formal charge against a suspect

• a document specifying that an offense has been commited

• a document that has all the personal information about suspect