- Description
CJA 326 Wk 5 – Concept Check
- Question 1
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According to the portrayal of crime in the media, crime is the product of which of the following?
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Social factors
Individual choice
Structural factors
Immaturity
- Question 2
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Public perceptions reflect the message given by much of the media that the crime rate is always rising and which of the following is true about the criminal justice system?
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It’s too busy to help the public
It’s not doing its job
It’s too soft on crime
It’s helping the rich and neglecting the poor
- Question 3
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Which of the following is now a norm between police and the media worldwide?
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Cooperation
Fighting
Jealousy
Criticism
- Question 4
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The media tend to deal in binary oppositions, that is, to present events as normal and reasonable rather than as choices between good and evil, deviant, dangerous, or sick.
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True
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False
- Question 5
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Police body cameras and bystander videos of incidents involving police and citizens have given the news media an entirely new source of information about actual police practices. The availability of video footage content has not affected the way the police or media frame these incidents.
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True
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False
- Question 6
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Which of the following describes how terrorists differ from most criminals?
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Terrorists have political, ideological, or religious motives.
Terrorists seek financial gain.
Terrorists do not seek to avoid detection and capture.
Terrorists do not violate state or federal criminal statutes.
- Question 7
John Rawls’s theory of justice is proposed as an alternative to which of the following?
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Proportionate sentencing
Utilitarianism
Kantianism
Egoism
- Question 8
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If we make which of the following in accordance with the principles, we will be acting morally?
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Decisions
Judgments
Society
Laws
- Question 9
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The principles specify the kinds of ______ that can take place and the forms of government that can be established.
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Social cooperation
Institutional cooperation
Authority
Principles