Criminal Justice practice final

Police dramas on television fail to accurately portray the day-to-day duties of a law enforcement officer.

Suspicion of an individual based on his or her race alone is called

Only the police use interviewing techniques.

The most publicized cases of police misconduct involve which of the following?

What percentage of wrongful convictions overturned by DNA analysis can be attributed to false confessions?

Stress management is defined as

Problem-oriented policing takes a reactive approach to a community’s problems.

How many Americans are in solitary confinement on any given day?

Approximately what percent of wrongful convictions can be attributed to informant testimony?

Who would benefit the most from being able to retrieve and analyze information from public records & background checks?

Which two of the following criminal justice professionals may be self-employed?

Loss of faith in the police force will most likely result in

Why is proper spelling and grammar important on a police report?

An event or circumstance that almost always causes an individual to experience stress is called a

Alcohol and drugs can cause relationship problems.

Someone who's interested in working in a law office but doesn’t want to go to law school should consider which career?

Some terminally ill prisoners are released to die at home rather than behind bars.

Which president signed the Community Mental Health Centers Act in order to deinstitutionalize the mentally ill?

Making eye contact is a key component of

Which of the following groups are represented in disproportionately higher numbers in the segregated prison population?

Good communication is important only in law enforcement, not in other areas of criminal justice.

Law enforcement officers are more likely to commit suicide than those who choose other professions.

Nonviolent offenders are never put in solitary confinement.

Police officers must take a physical fitness test in order to join the force.

Giving a suspect classified information about a crime prior to a confession is called

Which criminal justice professional works in the field of community corrections?

All lawyers argue cases in a courtroom.

Too much stress can result in physical illness.

The rules that an offender must abide by while on probation are called

Police officers need good writing skills.

Arriving at work on time every day is a

To become a lawyer, one must attend school for how many years?

Military courts impose the death penalty.

Police officers are expected to have both personal and professional ethics.

Police officers should use their authority primarily to

Most police officers have to fire their guns at a suspect at least once during their careers.

Officers should use force

Solitary confinement is always a temporary punishment.

When faced with a conflict, police officers should

Which of the following criminal justice careers pays the most?

Which of the following jobs in the field of criminal justice pays the least?

People who are especially susceptible to compassion fatigue have a high capacity for which of the following emotions?

“Fight or flight” is a normal stress response.

Only guilty people show signs of nervousness during an interrogation.

Most police officers are corrupt.

Which criminal justice profession requires the most training and experience?

Which criminal justice professional is responsible for analyzing DNA evidence?

To clear someone of all criminal charges and convictions related to a specific crime is to

A police officer must follow through on decisions without

How many post-conviction DNA exonerations have been made in the United States as of 2013?

Which of the following criminal justice professionals is most likely to be subpoenaed to testify in court?

Holding yourself to a standard of professional perfection is healthy.

Judges may consider mitigating circumstances when imposing mandatory minimum sentences.

Most prison suicides occur when the inmate

The most important thing to remember when responding to criticism is to

When a correctional officer searches an inmate’s cell, he or she is most likely looking for

According to prison officials, why is solitary confinement necessary?

One must pass the bar exam in order to become a paralegal.

The genuine desire to do good is referred to as

Most judges have a degree in law.

Private investigators and detectives work on civil cases as well as criminal cases.

No one diagnosed with a mental illness can receive the death penalty.

A judge’s primary role is to determine a person’s guilt or innocence.

Which of the following parties is authorized to make a compassionate release request to the courts?

The way an individual behaves on the job is determined mostly by his or her

Problem-oriented policing focuses on crimes only.

An inmate may be put in segregated housing for having a certain type of tattoo.

Why does society hold police officers to a higher standard than ordinary citizens?

Completing a paralegal training program can take as little as

It is sometimes impossible to negotiate with others.

Which of the following criminal justice professionals would most likely be able to determine a victim’s time of death?

Skills that help us communicate and cooperate with others are called

Law schools will accept any student who applies.

The ability to be trustworthy is referred to as

For safety reasons, probation officers must not meet offenders at their homes.

How many inmates have been executed in the United States since 1977?

Who signed the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment & Crime Reduction Act to fund programs for mentally ill in the CJ system?

A federal judge ruled that New York’s “stop and frisk” policy was in violation of which amendment?

Nonverbal communication is also referred to as

All of the following are good stress management techniques EXCEPT

Which criminal justice professional would be responsible for determining which websites a suspect had recently visited?

In order to become a police officer, a cadet must attend

Law enforcement officers are at an increased risk of which of the following diseases?

Criticism intended to help professionals develop their skills is referred to as

Lawyers act as intermediaries between their clients and