Introduction to Criminal Justice

Chapter 14: The Future of Criminal Justice in the United States

Self-Check Quizzes

1
Perhaps the thorniest issue with DNA technology is:
A)why DNA is used when fingerprints seem adequate.
B)how to ensure accuracy and certainty with DNA samples.
C)how the DNA database will be collected and used.
D)how to take DNA samples from state and federal inmates.
2
In practice, the ____ is a sham because it has become nothing more than a rubber stamp for the prosecutor.
A)arraignment
B)grand jury
C)bench trial
D)preliminary hearing
3
Juvenile courts are currently:
A)increasingly replacing paternalistic, treatment-oriented correctional strategies with more punitive ones.
B)adopting more adversarial procedures.
C)providing juvenile offenders with a greater number of procedural rights.
D)all of the above.
4
Participatory justice is a form of:
A)punitive justice.
B)incapacitation.
C)restorative justice.
D)deterrence.
5
Recent history demonstrates that increases in the use of alternatives to incarceration ____ the use of incarceration.
A)do not necessarily decrease
B)generally increase
C)usually decrease
D)do not affect
6
Which of the following is NOT a common technique used in identity theft?
A)dumpster diving
B)shoulder surfing
C)sneaky peaky
D)spamming
7
Which of the following was NOT an important factor in the origins of transnational organized crime?
A)the expansion of multinational corporations
B)the opening of national borders to trade
C)growing economic independence
D)all of the above were factors
8
Why has transnational organized crime been so difficult for law enforcement agencies to address in Russia as late as the 1990s?
A)no laws against organized crime existed
B)there were no criminal penalties for phony businesses or fictitious bankruptcies
C)there was little financial or social support for law enforcement itself
D)all of the above
9
Which of the following amendments to the U.S. Constitution will have to be respected and will no doubt set the outer limits of what corrections in the future might be?
A)4th
B)6th
C)8th
D)14th
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