CJ 201 EXAM 1

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Which of the following are responsible for determine whether an offender should be charged with a crime? Police, Media, Corrections, Courts

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Courts

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Probation services fall under which of the following components of the criminal justice system? Police, Courts, Corrections, Media

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Corrections

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Which of the following types of cases make up the majority of those in the criminal justice system? Misdemeanor, Lesser felonies, Serious felonies, High-profile

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Misdemeanor

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Jake is currently serving 8 years in prison after being convicted of a single offense. Because of the length of his sentence, we can say that Jake was convicted of a(n)

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Felony

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Proponents of the _______ model of justice argue that one of the major purposes of the criminal justice system is to incarcerate offenders for the protection of society.

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Crime control

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Which of the follow types of crime generally involves a criminal action against another person? Violent, Status, Crimes against the government, Victimless

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Violent

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Which degree of murder involves acts in which there was no intent to take someone's life, but the loss of life occurred due to negligence?

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Involuntary manslaughter

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At gunpoint, Tim took a wallet containing $500 from Ron. This is best described as __________.

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Robbery

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Truancy is an example of a

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Status offense

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The _____ catalog involves data on 22 offense categories and includes 46 specific crimes split into Group A and Group B crimes.

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NIBRS