Question 1

__________ have been condemned by many who claim that their lyrics promote antisocial and violent behavior.

A. Heavy-metal and "moshing"

B. Gangsta rap and "hip-hop" music

C. All types of rock and roll

D. Poetry readings

Question 2

A course of action that government takes in an effort to solve a problem or to achieve an end is known as:

A. public policy.

B. public initiative.

C. reassessment and implementation.

D. political formation.

Question 3

Analysts have observed that policies undergo the following stages in their development EXCEPT:

A. identification and prioritization of the problems.

B. policy formation and program implementation.

C. criminology think-tank appointments.

D. program evaluation and reassessment.

Question 4

The presidency of Herbert Hoover was:

A. 1929-1933.

B. 1910-1914.

C. 1955-1959.

D. 1942-1946.

Question 5

Which of the following is considered one of the originating factors of current federal crime-control policy?

A. The lack of new perspectives in law, sociology, and criminology

B. The limitations of the academic social reformers on the legal system

C. The stress on the judicial system as a result of Prohibition

D. The election of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933

Question 6

What federal policy initiative does Calder cite as originating from the Wickersham Commission?

A. Expanding the use of deadly force in response to increasing gang violence

B. Increasing overlapping law enforcement activities by various federal agencies

C. Developing objectives to improve justice system practices and governance under law

D. Decreasing the incapacitation value of the nation's overcrowded prison system

Question 7

What was the purpose of the "Brady law"?

A. To ban the possession of handguns or ammunition by juveniles

B. To provide a waiting period before the purchase of a handgun

C. To outlaw the sale of certain types of assault weapons and ammunition

D. To enhance federal death penalty provisions for assault-weapon related murders

Question 8

John F. Kennedy was assassinated in:

A. 1959.

B. 1960.

C. 1963.

D. 1968.

Question 9

"The Great Society" is associated with what U.S. president?

A. John F. Kennedy

B. Herbert Hoover

C. George W. Bush

D. Lyndon B. Johnson

Question 10

Who was the president of the U.S. from 1981 to 1989?

A. Bill Clinton

B. Lyndon Johnson

C. George H.W. Bush

D. Ronald Reagan

Question 11

What do recent surveys show about the status of gun ownership in the U. S.?

A. Gun ownership has declined in the past 10 years.

B. More blacks own guns than whites.

C. The majority of adults own firearms.

D. Gun ownership is highest in the Pacific Seaboard states.

Question 12

Another name for "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism" is:

A. the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

B. the USA PATRIOT Act.

C. the Homeland Security Act.

D. the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.

Question 13

This Act was a response to a series of corporate bankruptcies and a declining stock market brought on by the misdeeds of executives at a number of the nation's large corporations.

A. Sarbanes-Oxley Act

B. USA PATRIOT Act

C. Family Education Records and Privacy Act

D. the federal Wiretap Statute

Question 14

Sarbanes-Oxley was signed into law during the administration of which U.S. president?

A. Ronald Reagan

B. George W. Bush

C. Jimmy Carter

D. Bill Clinton

Question 15

What did the Lott and Landes study conclude about the relationship between gun availability and crime?

A. Their research found no deterrent effects from "right-to-carry" laws.

B. Their research found that "right-to-carry" laws increase homicide rates.

C. That the students who killed their classmates at Columbine could not have been stopped even if someone at the school had been armed.

D. That states which allowed concealed handguns had a decline in murder, rape, and robberies.

Question 16

What has President George W. Bush advocated on dealing with repeat offenders?

A. Life imprisonment

B. Mandatory sentencing

C. Three-strikes legislation

D. No judicial discretion

Question 17

In describing the "triumphalist" view, Currie cites the American feeling on crime as being:

A. complacent.

B. global.

C. debative.

D. constructive.

Question 18

Increased police patrol of a neighborhood is an example of what type of crime control strategy?

A. Deterrence

B. Nurturance

C. Protection/avoidance

D. Social epidemiology

Question 19

Which of the following is considered a valid assumption on which to base a youth violence strategy?

A. Most future offenders can be identified in early childhood.

B. Child abuse and neglect inevitably leads to violent behavior.

C. Behavioral risk factors can be identified and communicated.

D. The epidemic of youth violence in the 1990s has subsided.

Question 20

A public policy to compensate only those crime victims who are in dire need is the result of which victim compensation philosophy?

A. Strict liability

B. Equal protection

C. Humanitarian

D. Social welfare