WorksheetsCriminology Final Review
Total questions: 99
Worksheet time: 50mins
Edwin Sutherland studied 70 different companies in different industries and found they consciously violated the law 980 times.
True
False
Many of the corporate crimes that Sutherland discovered in his study were made by companies that were war profiteering during WWI and WWII by selling weapons and secrets to US enemies.
True
False
A crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation.
White-collar Crime
Occupational Crimes
Corporate Crimes
Organizational Crimes
Crimes committed by an individual for personal gain or profit during the course of their occupation.
White-collar Crime
Occupational Crimes
Corporate Crimes
Organizational Crimes
Crimes committed by companies and businesses. These can sometimes be done by just individuals that are working to benefit the company, not just themselves.
White-collar Crime
Occupational Crimes
Corporate Crimes
Organizational Crimes
A more inclusive term for corporate crime since these types of crimes are committed by both large and small companies, not just large corporations.
White-collar Crime
Occupational Crimes
Corporate Crimes
Organizational Crimes
Perpetrated by individuals for profit or gain
Individual Occupational Crimes
Professional Occupational Crimes
State Authority Occupational Crimes
Organizational Occupational Crimes
Professionals committing crimes in their professional occupation.
Individual Occupational Crimes
Professional Occupational Crimes
State Authority Occupational Crimes
Organizational Occupational Crimes
Committed by officials through the authority of their public office.
Individual Occupational Crimes
Professional Occupational Crimes
State Authority Occupational Crimes
Organizational Occupational Crimes
Committed by individuals for the benefit of an organization or corporation.
Individual Occupational Crimes
Professional Occupational Crimes
State Authority Occupational Crimes
Organizational Occupational Crimes
Employees stealing materials, equipment, merchandise, or stationary from an employer.
Pilferage
Embezzlement
Collective Embezzlement
Employees theft or misuse of company funds
Pilferage
Embezzlement
Collective Embezzlement
When a company makes false or illegal claims about their products.
False Advertising
Monopolies
Restraint of Trade
Price-fixing
Involves the agreement by multiple corporations to charge a particular price for a good or service. This is meant to set the price and eliminate competition, allowing these companies to set the price higher and make more money.
False Advertising
Monopolies
Restraint of Trade
Price-fixing
An operation run by criminals that provide illegal goods and services that people demand as their primary source of income.
Organized Crime
Occupational Crimes
Corporate Crimes
Organizational Crimes
Organized crime is hard to get rid of even though people don't want to buy the illegal goods and services that these criminals provide.
True
False
Organized crime often participates in this crime of lending money at interest rates higher than the legal limit.
Gambling
Fencing
Loan Sharking
Prostitution
A tactic to stop organized crime that suggests making goods and services that the public wants legal in order to legitimize and regulate them more effectively.
Eliminating Organized Crime Leadership
Legalization
Stop Corruption
Increase Legitimate Opportunities for Youth
Actions that do not conform to society's general ideas of normal social behavior and moral values.
Organized Crime
Occupational Crimes
Corporate Crimes
Public Order Crimes
The idea that the goal of the criminal justice system is to prevent crime from happening by making people avoid committing crimes due to the threat of punishment.
Deterrence
Incapacitation
Punishment
Rehabilitation
Reintegration
The idea that the goal of the criminal justice system is to protect society by limiting the freedom of offenders by placing them in a controlled environment away from society.
Deterrence
Incapacitation
Punishment
Rehabilitation
Reintegration
The idea that the goal of the criminal justice system is to punish people who break laws, make them feel something similar to the victims, and hope that it keeps them from committing crimes again.
Deterrence
Incapacitation
Punishment
Rehabilitation
Reintegration
The idea that the goal of the criminal justice system is to provide offenders with training or treatment that will give them skills to return to society without returning to crime.
Deterrence
Incapacitation
Punishment
Rehabilitation
Reintegration
The idea that the goal of the criminal justice system is to help offenders transition back into society by slowly reintroducing them with halfway houses and work programs to reintegrate them into society.
Deterrence
Incapacitation
Punishment
Rehabilitation
Reintegration
The idea that if people see punishments given to offenders they will be less likely to commit crimes of their own.
General Deterrence
Specific Deterrence
The idea that if offenders are punished harshly for a crime that they committed they will be less likely to commit the same crime again in the future.
General Deterrence
Specific Deterrence
The most extreme form of incapacitation is the death penalty.
True
False
This form of rehabilitation helps prisoners with tutoring, GED programs, or other courses to teach them skills since many inmates have not obtained their high school diplomas.
Education Rehabilitation
Employment Rehabilitation
Counseling Rehabilitation
Wellness Rehabilitation
This form of rehabilitation helps prisoners by giving them employment in prison that will give them skills or teach them a trade that they can use outside of prison instead of returning to crime.
Education Rehabilitation
Employment Rehabilitation
Counseling Rehabilitation
Wellness Rehabilitation
This form of rehabilitation helps prisoners by giving them group or personal therapy for substance abuse, depression, and stress. This allows them to build coping skills conducive to leading productive lives outside of prison.
Education Rehabilitation
Employment Rehabilitation
Counseling Rehabilitation
Wellness Rehabilitation
A person or their items cannot be seized unless their potential guilt meets this standard.
Probable Cause
Exclusionary Rule
Miranda Warning
Evidence gathered illegally may not be admissible in court because of this.
Probable Cause
Exclusionary Rule
Miranda Warning
Statements by the accused may be excluded if they were not provided this upon their arrest.
Probable Cause
Exclusionary Rule
Miranda Warning
The pretrial step where there is a preview of the trail in front of the judge where the prosecution must show there is enough evidence for the case to move forward, but the defense does not have to provide any evidence and can see the strength of the case against them.
Prosecutors prepare charges
Preliminary Arraignment
Preliminary Hearing
Prosecution decides whether to charge
Plea bargain negotiations
In this type of trial, a group of twelve citizens must unanimously decide whether the defendant is guilty or innocent of a crime.
Jury Trial
Bench Trial
This type of trial is often better for defendants if they want to appeal to people's emotions to find them innocent.
Jury Trial
Bench Trial
In this type of trial, the judge decides whether the defendant is guilty or innocent.
Jury Trial
Bench Trial
The pretrial step where the accused is taken in front of a low-level judge that determines if probable cause exists and whether the accused will be released, set bail, or detained in jail until the trial proceeds.
Prosecutors prepare charges
Preliminary Arraignment
Preliminary Hearing
Prosecution decides whether to charge
Plea bargain negotiations
This type of correction is only an option given for less serious crimes where offenders are less likely to repeat their crime.
Community Service
Probation
Alternative Sanctions
Institutional Sentences
This type of correction is an alternative to prison which may be offered initially for first time offenders or for offenders who have served a portion of their time in jail or prison. The convicted is able to return to their community as long as they meet certain conditions. If they are violated, they return to prison to serve out their sentence.
Community Service
Probation
Alternative Sanctions
Institutional Sentences
This type of correction is an alternative to prison in some states and use an alternative form of punishment. For example, a juvenile offender may be sent to a boot camp instead of a detention facility.
Community Service
Probation
Alternative Sanctions
Institutional Sentences
This type of correction is used for more serious crimes and has the convicted person serve at least part of their sentence in jail or prison with the security level being determined by the severity of their crime.
Community Service
Probation
Alternative Sanctions
Institutional Sentences
Prisoners in this program have served part of their sentence in jail or prison may be released under certain conditions. If they violate the terms of these conditions, they will return to jail or prison to complete their sentence.
Full Sentence Served
Probation
Parole
This model's goal is to protect society.
Crime Control Model
Due Process Model
This model's goal is to protect individual human rights.
Crime Control Model
Due Process Model
This model's philosophy is to trust that law enforcement and prosecutors do their jobs correctly.
Crime Control Model
Due Process Model
This model's philosophy is to worry that law enforcement and prosecutors may make mistakes or be prone to bias.
Crime Control Model
Due Process Model
This model's application is to presume the defendant is guilty until they prove otherwise.
Crime Control Model
Due Process Model
This model's application is to presume the defendant is innocent until the prosecutor proves otherwise.
Crime Control Model
Due Process Model
This model's is sometimes compared to a conveyor belt because it is worried about being quick and efficient at convicting offenders.
Crime Control Model
Due Process Model
What is a basic requirement for people that want to become a police officer?
A clean criminal record
Being in good physical condition
Passing a background check
Having a High School Diploma or GED
All of the above
The set of norms and values that governs police behavior, which exists due to the danger, stress, and isolating nature of the profession, is referred to as what?
Police Subculture
Cop Life
Police Life
Cop Subculture
What is at the heart of the police subculture?
Obligation of support and loyalty to other police officers
Obligation of support and loyalty to family
Obligation of support and loyalty to citizens
Since the profession often isolates them from the rest of society, many police officers choose to associate mostly with their families and other officers when off-duty. This is referred to as the?
Blue Curtain
Copper Curtain
Badge Blues
Silver Shield
Police often have the ability to choose whether or not they arrest someone. This is called police _______?
Discretion
Duty
Choice
Judgement
What is the most important factor in whether or not a police officer arrests a suspect?
Amount of evidence
Whether victim knows the suspect or not
If the victim favors an arrest
If the suspect is hostile towards police
African Americans and Hispanic Americans make up around 25% of the US population but 58% of the US prison population.
True
False
While there is less evidence that race directly plays a role in arrest decisions, many studies suggest that some police officers treat people differently based on their race or ethnicity.
True
False
Treating someone different based on their race or ethnicity is called?
Racial Profiling
Racial Segregation
Racial Division
Racial Stereotyping
Programs and policies that partner law enforcement with the communities they serve.
Community Policing
Neighborhood Watch
Police-Community Relations Programs
Programs that aim to change a community's perception of law enforcement by connecting them with officers, not by changing the way policing is done.
Community Policing
Neighborhood Watch
Police-Community Relations Programs
State level courts that deal with minor criminal cases, like traffic violations, that are overseen by a Justice of the Peace.
Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Courts of General Jurisdiction
Appellate Courts
State Supreme Court
State level courts that deal with major cases that exist at the county level mostly, but some less populated counties may combine into one court system.
Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Courts of General Jurisdiction
Appellate Courts
State Supreme Court
State level courts that hear cases that are appealed after their initial decisions in trial courts.
Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Courts of General Jurisdiction
Appellate Courts
State Supreme Court
The highest appellate court in a state.
Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Courts of General Jurisdiction
Appellate Courts
State Supreme Court
Federal courts that deal with minor federal offenses and sign search and arrest warrants.
Federal Magistrates
District Courts
Circuit Court of Appeals
The Supreme Court of the United States
Federal courts that deal with both major civil and criminal cases at the federal level, with 94 courts of this level throughout the US.
Federal Magistrates
District Courts
Circuit Court of Appeals
The Supreme Court of the United States
Federal courts that deal with appeals from individuals convicted in federal trial courts, with 13 throughout the US.
Federal Magistrates
District Courts
Circuit Court of Appeals
The Supreme Court of the United States
The highest court in the United States, whose decisions impact the law throughout the entire country.
Federal Magistrates
District Courts
Circuit Court of Appeals
The Supreme Court of the United States
Sometimes called voir dire, this is the process where both sides of the case help determine who will be on the jury for their case.
Jury Selection
Opening Statement
Case-in-Chief
Closing Arguments
Jury Deliberations
Each side of a case gets a certain number of these objections towards certain jurors.
Peremptory Challenges
Challenges for Cause
These challenges occur when the lawyers on either side believe that a juror shows clear bias in the case.
Peremptory Challenges
Challenges for Cause
Arguments for the death penalty (check all that apply.)
Some people deserve it for their crimes (retribution)
It is good for deterring future crimes.
It saves taxpayers money.
It is immoral
It costs taxpayers more money
Arguments against the death penalty (check all that apply.)
US is the only Western country that still allows it.
Studies show it does not deter crime.
Offenders could be innocent and it cannot be undone if so.
It is immoral
It costs taxpayers more money
Hold individuals who have been arrested and are awaiting trial.
Detention Facilities
Correctional Facilities
County Jail
Prison
Hold individuals who have been convicted and are serving out their sentence.
Detention Facilities
Correctional Facilities
County Jail
Prison
Hold individuals who have usually been convicted of misdemeanors and are held for up to one year or less.
Detention Facilities
Correctional Facilities
County Jail
Prison
When someone first enters the criminal justice system after being arrested, they are held here.
Detention Facilities
Correctional Facilities
County Jail
Prison
Usually run by local officials and are often under funded and overcrowded.
Detention Facilities
Correctional Facilities
County Jail
Prison
Can widely vary in size depending on the population of the area where they are located.
Detention Facilities
Correctional Facilities
County Jail
Prison
Are run by state or federal officials and usually receive more funding for programs meant to rehabilitate the convicts they hold.
Detention Facilities
Correctional Facilities
County Jail
Prison
The most violent offenders go here to serve longer sentences in facilities with high walls and gun towers.
Maximum Security
Medium Security
Minimum Security
Starting in the 16th century in Holland and other European countries, these facilities were created due to the belief that offenders could perform some useful labor for society to pay for their crimes.
Workhouses
Prison Hulks
Penitentiaries
Reformatories
Rehabilitation
In England, these decommissioned ships were used to hold offenders in the middle of the water at night while the offenders worked during the day doing public works.
Workhouses
Prison Hulks
Penitentiaries
Reformatories
Rehabilitation
In the United States, these facilities were created to confine offenders and got its name because it was believed that offenders were doing penitence to make up for their crimes.
Workhouses
Prison Hulks
Penitentiaries
Reformatories
Rehabilitation
As conditions in penitentiaries were found to be dismal in the late 19th century, many people argued that prison should be designed to reform offenders and return them as productive members of society though vocation and educational programs. However, few offenders actually reformed.
Workhouses
Prison Hulks
Penitentiaries
Reformatories
Rehabilitation
Operating costs have become a strain on state and local budgets over the past few decades, causing many of them to turn towards private companies to create private prison. These prisons are often given what nickname?
"Honey Pot" Prison
"For Profit" Prisons
"Capitalist" Prisons
"Free Market" Prisons
The process of learning the prison society and its expectations, rules, norms, and values. Prisoners have to make these adaptations due to the changes from them civilian life to prison life.
Deprivation Model
Prisonization
Inmate Code
Prison Argot
A unique vocabulary that is often used when in prison.
Deprivation Model
Prisonization
Inmate Code
Prison Argot
Obtaining goods that are unattainable and contraband.
Black Market
Hustling
Ramen
A conditional release of a prisoner after they have served part of their sentence.
Parole
Parole Board
Parole Hearing
Parole Conditions
Parole Officer
A group of respected citizens appointed by the governor to review and determine whether or not a prisoner should be released on parole.
Parole
Parole Board
Parole Hearing
Parole Conditions
Parole Officer
Held to allow a prisoner to make their case for parole in front of the Parole Board.
Parole
Parole Board
Parole Hearing
Parole Conditions
Parole Officer
A person assigned to offenders that are released on parole that monitor their activity and help them reintegrate into society.
Parole
Parole Board
Parole Hearing
Parole Conditions
Parole Officer
The restrictions that a prisoner is expected to abide by when released on parole. If these are violated, the parolee may have to return to prison to serve out their sentence.
Parole
Parole Board
Parole Hearing
Parole Conditions
Parole Officer
A sentence to release a convicted offender before they serve prison time under certain conditions and supervision.
Probation
Restitution
Restorative Justice
House Arrest
Electronic Monitoring
When an offender is sentenced to compensate their victim, usually in the form of money.
Probation
Restitution
Restorative Justice
House Arrest
Electronic Monitoring
When convicted prisoners are released from prison under certain conditions. If those conditions are violated, they will return to prison to serve their sentence.
Probation
Parole
When convicted offenders are released under certain conditions and will not need to serve any of their sentence in prison as long as they follow certain conditions.
Probation
Parole
