Court Methods MCQs
Court Methods MCQs
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1: Which model of corrections does the United States currently follow?
A. Penitentiary
B. Reformatory
C. Medical
D. Crime control
2: Katya, the mother of a minor plaintiff, presents a videotaped statement to the judge regarding how her daughter has been affected by an assault. What is Katya doing?
A. Giving evidence of mitigating circumstances
B. Making a collateral attack
C. Presenting a victim impact statement
D. Advocating for the defendant’s exoneration
3: Which of the following are arguments against the death penalty?
A. It has a lot deterrent value.
B. It discriminates toward Whites.
C. It provides retribution to family and friends of the victim.
D. It claims the lives of innocent people.
4: Which goal of punishment emphasizes separating the offender from the community in an effort to prevent the offender from committing future criminal behavior?
A. Incapacitation
B. Rehabilitation
C. Deterrence
D. Retribution
5: Which of the following would be considered an aggravating circumstance?
A. Defendant has no previous criminal record.
B. Defendant uses a weapon when committing a crime.
C. Defendant cannot afford a lawyer for a criminal trial.
D. Defendant played a minor role in a crime.
6: Circumstances, such as an offender under the influence of drugs and alcohol with a limited criminal history, would be considered ______.
A. Aggravating
B. Mitigating
C. Determinate
D. Indeterminate
7: Antonio is sentenced to 5–7 years in a state prison for an embezzlement crime. Which type of sentencing model is this indicative of?
A. Mitigated
B. Aggravated
C. Determinate
D. Indeterminate
8: Defendants who attempt to prove that the trial court made a legal error go through which type of process?
A. Exoneration
B. Habeas corpus
C. Appeals
D. Challenge of conviction
9: Which of the following elements would be included in a victim impact statement?
A. Medical bills and procedures
B. Physical and emotional reflections on the impact of the crime upon the plaintiff
C. Case review by the lead police investigator
D. Impact summary of the case on the plaintiff as told by the justice department
10: Which of the following scenarios reflects the reformatory model of corrections?
A. Offenders march in lockstep in close, single-file lines and are not allowed visitors.
B. Inmates work on prison farms and factories that produce food and items for internal consumption.
C. Offenders are given treatment that focuses on individuals and their specific social problems.
D. Criminals are rehabilitated and doctored for their individual social, mental, or biological deficiencies.
11: Which of the following is the historical reasoning for rehabilitation of criminals?
A. To prevent criminals from victimizing others
B. To change criminals into law-abiding citizens
C. To better society by dissuading people from committing crimes
D. To punish criminals in a manner that reflects their crime
12: Which of the following has led to a moratorium on the death penalty in some states?
A. Collateral attacks
B. DNA evidence
C. Postconviction remedies
D. Writs of habeas corpus
13: An offender sentenced to three consecutive 2-year prison terms would serve how many years in prison?
A. 3 years
B. 2 years
C. 6 years
D. 5 years
14: Compared to Singapore, Belarus, and Saudi Arabia, punishment administered in the United States is best described as ______.
A. Lenient
B. Corporal
C. Residual
D. Superficial
15: Markus has recently been released from prison into a parole program, where he is expected to obtain a job and must check in with his parole officer every 2 weeks. What reason of punishment most closely aligns with Markus’s situation?
A. Retribution
B. Deterrence
C. Incapacitation
D. Rehabilitation
16: _____ is defined as a sentence of death, or carrying out same via execution of the offender.
A. Capital Punishment
B. The prosecutor
C. The judge
D. None of these
17: _____ is known as the effect of punishments and other actions to deter people from committing crimes.
A. Deterrence
B. Superficial factors
C. Situational factors
D. All of these
18: Is exoneration to absolve someone of criminal blame, or find someone not guilty?
A. True
B. False
19: _____ is rendering someone as unable to act or move about, either through incarceration or by court order.
A. Incapacitation
B. Pennsylvania system
C. Western penitentiary system
D. None of these
20: _____ is defined as penalties imposed for committing criminal acts, to accomplish retribution, deterrence, incapacitation, and/or rehabilitation.
A. Punishment (And Its Purposes)
B. Rehabilitation
C. Incapacitation
D. None of these
21: _____ is known as attempts to reform an offender through vocational and educational programming, counseling, and so forth, so that he or she is not a recidivist and does not return to crime and prison.
A. Rehabilitation
B. Court
C. God
D. None of these
22: Is retribution punishment that fits the crime, that is “equitable” for the offense?
A. True
B. False
23: _____ is an instrument developed by the federal government that uses a grid system to chart seriousness of the offense, criminal history, and so forth and thus allows the court to arrive at a more consistent sentence for everyone.
A. Sentencing Guidelines
B. Proportionality
C. None of these
D. All of these
24: _____ is defined as information provided prior to sentencing by the victims of a crime (or, in cases of murder, the surviving family members) about the impact the crime had on their lives; allowed by the U.S. Supreme Court.
A. Victim Impact Statements
B. Lack of preventative actions
C. Silence of fellow officers
D. None of these
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