Essentials of Criminal Justice 7th International Edition By Larry J. Siegel Test Bank
ISBN-13: 978-0495810995, ISBN-10: 0495810991
Chapter 1—Crime and Criminal Justice
MULTIPLE CHOICE
- If someone were to comment to you that crime in the United States is a contemporary problem, you would respond by saying:
| a. | Crime is not a contemporary problem but has been evolving since the nation was founded. |
| b. | Crime rates today are higher than they were in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. |
| c. | In a historical sense, crime peaked during Civil War times and has been diminishing since that era. |
| d. | Crime today is comparable to the lawlessness of the Old West. |
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 6 OBJ: 01-02
- Which of the following statements is true?
| a. | From 1900 to 1935, the U.S. experienced a sustained increase in criminal activity. |
| b. | Organized gangs flourished in the largest cities of the U.S. in the early 1900s. |
| c. | The first criminal gangs formed before the Civil War in urban slums. |
| d. | All of the above statements are true. |
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 6 OBJ: 01-02
- What commission, appointed by President Herbert Hoover, made a detailed analysis of the U.S. justice system and helped usher in the era of treatment and rehabilitation?
| a. | Chicago Crime Commission |
| b. | American Bar Foundation Commission |
| c. | Wickersham Commission |
| d. | President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice |
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 8 OBJ: 01-03
- The use of the term “criminal justice system” reflected a view that justice agencies could be connected in an intricate yet often unobserved network of decision-making processes. When was the term “criminal justice system” first used?
| a. | After the findings of the Chicago Crime Commission |
| b. | After the findings of the American Bar Foundation project |
| c. | After the findings of the Wickersham Commission |
| d. | After the findings of the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice |
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 8 OBJ: 01-03
- In the 1950s, the American Bar Foundation project discovered that:
| a. | Most citizens were fearful of the police. |
| b. | Racial profiling was a serious problem. |
| c. | Most crime was not reported to the police. |
| d. | The justice system kept many procedures hidden from the public. |
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 8 OBJ: 01-03
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