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DSST Criminal Justice Exam Practice Test 2
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DSST Criminal Justice Exam covers the basics of: criminal behavior, police, the court system, sentencing issues, adult prison systems and juvenile correction alternatives. Exam content outline: 1. Criminal Behavior – 15% a. Defining crime (i.e., what is crime, accepted definitions of crime) b. Types of crime (e.g., felonies, misdemeanors) c. Juvenile delinquency (i.e., emergence, risk factors, causation) d. Measurement of crime and delinquency (e.g., Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR), National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), evaluation, survey data, research data, methods of data e.... Show more
DSST Criminal Justice Exam Practice Test 2
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1. Police departments, like the military, have a hierarchy with ranks and a structure. That structure is called
2. The United States currently has over 2 million people incarcerated. This number reflects the types of crimes and policies that were prevalent from the 1980s and 1990s; offenses from this specific time frame were predominantly
3. The Fruit of the Poisonous Tree Doctrine can be found under which amendment?
4. The courts that handle felony cases and impose prison sentences are known as
5. The agency within the criminal justice system that keeps the peace,maintains public order, and provides social services is
6. The status of the death penalty has been argued many times and has had many different outcomes in favor of it and against it. The debate of capital cases that have the death penalty as a punishment falls under which amendment?
7. In the juvenile court system, the juvenile is referred to as the
8. There are various types of stressors that are unique to law enforcement. One type of stress is external stress, which includes
9. A probation program that puts a juvenile into a high-risk category and where he or she receives close daily supervision is
10. Prisons are classified into different levels. Medium security consists of
11. The Fourteenth Amendment states that
12. In juvenile proceedings, the courts do not use the terms crimes or criminal acts. They are referred to as
13. When an individual is incarcerated,a person may exhibit certain characteristic traits. Prison violence may result and is part of the subculture that is used for many purposes, such as
14. The exchange of information between the prosecutor and the defense, in which the prosecutor relinquishes evidence to the defense to ensure a fair trial, is called
15. Adjudication is the process that includes
16. Policing in America was based on what country’s traditions?
17. The criminologist who wrote An Essay on CrimesandPunishments and was a proponent of the classical criminology theory was
18. The theory that criminality stems from the broken ties between an individual and society is
19. The court system that the United States has is a
20. An individual who has committed a criminal offense and falls under a particular age is known as a
21. Which era was influenced by the Progressive movement, in which the reformers wanted the police to be well-trained and stay out of politics?
22. The United States has a state and federal court system. At the federal level, the courts are divided by district courts that cover federal crimes. How many federal districts are there?
23. The juvenile justice system is composed of residential treatment programs, which consist of
24. The next level of incarceration after jail is
25. Police subculture contains many unique elements. What are the two elements that determine the working personality of the police?

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