criminal justice final

City police chiefs usually are elected public officials.

'False'

The Supreme Court case of Tennessee v. Garner established the fleeing felon rule for the use of deadly force by the police.

'False'.

Which of the following is an exception to the hearsay rule?

A dying declaration

Why doesn't police response time result in a significant number of arrests?

Citizens do not report the event to the police until a considerable amount of time passes.

A corporation cannot be convicted of a crime.

False

In a society that respects and encourages diversity, all lifestyle choices are seen as acceptable.

False

The Fourteenth Amendment is included in the Bill of Rights.

False

A confession is a form of nontestimonial evidence.

False'.

After they accept an appeal, appellate courts will conduct a new trial.

False'.

An anticipatory warrant requires probable cause.

False'.

Because you are late for class, you do not observe the speed limit in a school zone and hit a child. This is an example of knowing behavior or mens rea.

False'.

If a defendant refuses to testify during a trial, the prosecution can inform the jury this is an indication that the defendant is guilty.

False'.

The clerk of court is responsible for keeping order in the courtroom and controlling access to members of the jury.

False'.

Officer Martin obtains an arrest warrant for Sam Jones. He finds Sam at home and promptly arrests him. Officer Martin does not have a search warrant but decides to conduct a search incident to arrest. Where is Officer Martin legally able to search?

Officer Martin may only search the area which is in Sam's the arrestee's immediate control.

________ is a belief, based on a consideration of the facts at hand and on reasonable inferences drawn from those facts that would induce an ordinarily prudent and cautious person under the same circumstances to conclude that criminal activity is taking place or that criminal activity has recently occurred.

Reasonable suspicion

jake and Mary are married and own their home. The police come to the house and ask for permission to search the house for drugs. Jake gives his consent to the search, but Mary says no because she has hidden some drugs in the kitchen. The police come in and search, over Mary's objection, since Jake said it was okay. They find Mary's drugs. Which of the following is legally correct in the ensuing trial?

The drugs cannot be used at Mary's trial because she did not consent to the search.

Which of the following is an example of procedural law?

The law that defines the crime of first degree and specifies the appropriate punishment

What was the original purpose of profiling?

To help catch drug couriers attempting to enter the United States

Terry-type stops require reasonable suspicion.

True

Which of the following acts was enacted in response to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001?

USA PATRIOT Act of 2001

When are Part II offenses counted?

When a person is taken into custody

An exigent circumstances search may be conducted in which of the following situations?

When there is clear danger of the destruction of evidence

Some laws specify necessary ________ circumstances that must be present for a conviction to be obtained.

attendant

A(n) ________ provides information about the defendant's personality, family life, business acumen, and so on, in an effort to show that the defendant is not the kind of person who would commit the crime with which he or she is charged.

character witness

The centralized model of state policing ________.

combines criminal investigations with patrol of state highways

All states have a(n) ________.

court of last resort

A legal defense in which the defendant claims that some personal condition or circumstance exists that prevents the defendant from being held accountable under the law is called a(n) ________.

excuse

States are only required to provide court-appointed counsel for indigent defendants who are charged with felonies.

false

The Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment established that ________.

preventive patrol does not affect citizens' fear of crime

The power of judicial review allows the U.S. Supreme Court to ________.

review lower-court decisions and state and federal statutes

The "evidence" in evidence-based policing refers to ________.

scientific evidence

Together, the act and the intent make up

the corpus delecti.