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CJ2162429 Court System & Admin

• Question 1
• Many judges say that sentencing is the most difficult part of the job.
• True
• False
• Question 2
• In England, the concept of a jury functioning as an impartial fact-finding body was first formalized in 1215 in the:
• English Bill of Rights.
• Assize of Clarendon.
• Declaration of the Rights of Man.
• Magna Carta.
• Question 3
• The primary purpose of the jury is to prevent oppression by the government.
• True
• False
• Question 4
• In a high-profile case, what might be necessary to find a pool of potential jurors who could render a fair and impartial verdict, free from the taint of pretrial publicity?
• a change in custody
• a rebuttal
• jury consultants
• a change in venue
• Question 5
• Incapacitation that focuses on offenders with a high risk of serious recidivism is termed __________.
• focused incapacitation
• special incapacitation
• selective incapacitation
• restricted incapacitation
• Question 6
• Pretrial publicity can taint a jury pool. Which process is supposed to screen out potential jurors who have been tainted?
• venire
• objections
• voir dire
• venue
• Question 7
• The 19th century British criminologist who popularized deterrence theory was __________.
• August Comte
• John Stuart Mill
• Isaac Newton
• Jeremy Bentham
• Question 8
• The minimum size criminal jury approved by the U.S. Supreme Court is __________.
• 6 persons
• 8 persons
• 10 persons
• 12 persons
• Question 9
• A defendant charged with a serious offense has the right to a jury trial only if the offense is punishable by a term of incarceration of more than __________.
• 30 days
• 90 days
• six months
• one year
• Question 10
• "An eye for an eye" is an example of a punishment based on __________.
• retribution
• rehabilitation
• incapacitation
• deterrence
• Question 11
• Disparities refer to inconsistencies resulting from the decision-making process.
• True
• False
• Question 12
• Secondhand evidence is called hearsay.
• True
• False
• Question 13
• Advocates of the due process model of criminal justice see the death penalty as __________.
• unfairly administered
• a deterrent
• appropriate
• none of these answers is correct
• Question 14
• All persons charged with an offense for which any amount of incarceration is possible have a right to a jury trial.
• True
• False
• Question 15
• In ancient societies, the primary purpose of punishment was __________.
• rehabilitation
• deterrence
• incapacitation
• retribution
• Question 16
• A gag order prohibits anyone involved in a casepolice, prosecutor, defense attorney, defendantfrom talking to the press.
• True
• False
• Question 17
• The finding that poor, young, minority males are disproportionately represented in prison populations provides proof of discrimination.
• True
• False
• Question 18
• Seriousness of offense and prior record of the defendant are the most important factors in determining normal penalties.
• True
• False
• Question 19
• The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that juries do not have to consist of 12 members.
• True
• False
• Question 20
• Judges generally follow the sentencing recommendation provided in a probation officer's presentence investigation report.
• True
• False