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Question 1(Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)
(LC)Which president signed the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act to fund programs for mentally ill individuals who encounter the criminal justice system?
George W. Bush
John F. Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
Barack Obama
Question 2(Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)
(LC)The most publicized cases of police misconduct involve which of the following?
Bribery
Theft
Excessive use of force
Planting evidence
Question 3(Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)
(LC)What percentage of wrongful convictions overturned by DNA analysis can be attributed to false confessions?
About 10 percent
About 15 percent
About 20 percent
About 25 percent
Question 4 (True/False Worth 2 points)
(LC)An inmate may be put in segregated housing for having a certain type of tattoo.
True
False
Question 5(Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)
(LC)According to prison officials, why is solitary confinement necessary?
To avoid prison overcrowding
To ensure the safety of officers and inmates
To save the taxpayers money
To punish those who break the rules
Question 6 (True/False Worth 2 points)
(LC)Police officers are expected to have both personal and professional ethics.
True
False
Question 7 (True/False Worth 2 points)
(LC)Military courts impose the death penalty.
True
False
Question 8(Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)
(LC)How many prisoners over the age of 50 are incarcerated in the United States?
Nearly a quarter of a million
Nearly half a million
Nearly a million
Over a million
Question 9(Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)
(LC)Suspicion of an individual based on his or her race alone is called
racial profiling
ethnic discernment
unreasonable suspicion
prejudice profiling
Question 10(Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)
(LC)A federal judge ruled that New York’s “stop and frisk” policy was in violation of which amendment?
Fourth
Eighth
Tenth
Fourteenth
Question 11(Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)
(LC)Most prison suicides occur when the inmate
first arrives in prison
is in solitary confinement
is in general population
is sentenced according to mandatory minimums
Question 12(Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)
(LC)Which president signed the Community Mental Health Centers Act in order to deinstitutionalize the mentally ill?
George W. Bush
John F. Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
Barack Obama
Question 13 (True/False Worth 2 points)
(LC)Most police officers are corrupt.
True
False
Question 14(Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)
(LC)Society holds police officers to a higher standard than ordinary citizens because they
have taken an oath
carry a firearm
have an excellent retirement plan
exert power over citizens’ lives and liberties
Question 15 (True/False Worth 2 points)
(LC)Nonviolent offenders are never put in solitary confinement.
True
False
