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Criminal Justice is different than criminology because CJ studies...
a) the justice system's response to crime
b) the causes of crime including sociological settings
c) the structure of neighborhoods and family dynamics
d) the historical context in which laws are developed

Which of these are not one of the two main functions of laws?
a) Maintain order
b) Punish violations
c) Identify social changes
d)

Which is the new framework from which the conflict perspective is addressed?
a) Why do we obey laws?
b) What is the purpose of laws?
c) Why do we violate the law?
d) Why are the laws what they are?

What is a hallmark of the Due Process model?
a) Fairness
b) Deterrance
c) Swift punishment
d) Recidivism

Which type of crime is committed, arrested, and convicted most often?
a) Celebrated cases
b) Serious felonies
c) Lesser felonies
d) Misdemeanors

Which is not a main source of data for scholars?
a) NCVS
b) NISVS
c) UCR
d) NIBRS

In the UCR, which crime(s) would be included in an official report?
a) Burglary
b) Auto theft
c) Forgery
d) Assault

Violent juvenile offending is a rising problem
a) False
b) True
c)
d)

Algorithms do not predict recidivism as well as humans in the CJ field.
a) False
b) True
c)
d)

Which is the best predictor of persistent offending into adulthood?
a) Specialization of offenses
b) Single parent home
c) Age of onset
d) Escalation of number of offenses

Which theory class is based on a deterrence model?
a) Positivist
b) Biological
c) Feminist
d) Classical

What does a dual hazard prediction represent?
a) Nurture as the cause of crime
b) Proof of biological theories
c) Nature as the cause of crime
d) Nature and nurture causes of crime

According to Shaw and Mckay, a person who grows up in high poverty neighborhood with diversity and residential mobility is more likely to be delinquent.
a) False
b) True
c)
d)

Which theory focuses on an individual's self-control?
a) Labeling theory
b) Control theory
c) Learning theory
d) Conflict theory

Which group is least likely to be impacted by repressive police control according to social conflict theories?
a) Women
b) The working class
c) Children
d) Ethnic minorities

Feminist theories forgo women as culpable in crime.
a) False
b) true
c)
d)

Which is a component in the RATs?
a) Capable guardian
b) Increase effort
c) Reduce rewards
d) Ethnic homogeneity

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