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According to your textbook, which of the following crimes is likely to pose a special problem for law enforcement agencies and criminal justice at the dawn of the twenty-first century? |
| | A) | terrorism |
| | B) | identity theft |
| | C) | transnational organized crime |
| | D) | all of the above |
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According to a recent survey commissioned by the Federal Trade Commission, approximately how many Americans may have been victims of identity theft during the 5 years between 1998 and 2002? |
| | A) | 500,000 |
| | B) | 10 million |
| | C) | 27 million |
| | D) | 124 million |
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Which of the following is NOT a type of identity theft? |
| | A) | the misuse of personal information |
| | B) | the misuse of existing accounts other than credit cards |
| | C) | the misuse of one or more existing credit cards or credit card account numbers |
| | D) | all of the above are types of identity theft |
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Which of the following types of identity theft accounts for the bulk of victims' losses? |
| | A) | the misuse of personal information |
| | B) | the misuse of existing accounts other than credit cards |
| | C) | the misuse of one or more existing credit cards or credit card account numbers |
| | D) | all of the above are about the same in terms of victims' losses |
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Which of the following does NOT describe the emotions or experience of a typical identity-theft victim? |
| | A) | loss of innocence |
| | B) | empowerment |
| | C) | rage |
| | D) | all of the above describe the emotions or experience |
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What do identity-theft victims advise people to do to avoid identity-theft victimization? |
| | A) | more carefully monitor their mail, billing cycles, and credit reports |
| | B) | know who to contact and notify the affected companies and credit reporting agencies more quickly when something wrong is detected |
| | C) | do not place personal information on the Internet |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of transnational organized crime groups, according to a recent survey by the United Nation's Centre for International Crime Prevention? |
| | A) | the vast majority of groups make use of corruption, either extensively or occasionally |
| | B) | a majority of the groups have extensively penetrated the legitimate economy |
| | C) | the largest number of groups cooperates with other organized criminal groups, largely as a source of illicit commodities |
| | D) | all of the above are characteristics |
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Which of the following is NOT a criminal activity of some transnational organized crime groups? |
| | A) | prostitution |
| | B) | money laundering |
| | C) | bank or insurance fraud |
| | D) | all of the above are criminal activities of some transnational organized crime groups |
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Which of the following is NOT a special problem that transnational organized crime poses for law enforcement? |
| | A) | the professional intelligence, police, and military skills provided by members who were or are state officials and military and state intelligence agency personnel often give the crime groups an advantage over local law enforcement officials |
| | B) | transnational organized crime groups' general lack of expertise in global technology makes many of the groups difficult for law enforcement agencies to locate and monitor |
| | C) | groups can hide behind national borders and take advantage of jurisdictional limitations or confusion of law enforcement |
| | D) | all of the above are special problems |
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Which of the following is NOT a way that high-level bilateral and multilateral assistance treaties have fostered increased cooperation among law enforcement agencies around the world? |
| | A) | they allow for the exchanging of subject-matter experts and investigative expertise |
| | B) | they allow the stationing of another nation's law enforcement officers in embassies |
| | C) | they allow the law enforcement officers of one country to pursue fugitives in another country, to arrest them, and to return them to the country with original jurisdiction |
| | D) | they allow the opening of a law enforcement headquarters or training facility in a foreign capital |
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Which of the following types of crimes have terrorist groups NOT committed to support their operations? |
| | A) | bootlegging of cigarettes |
| | B) | counterfeiting of compact discs, movies, and other products |
| | C) | smuggling human beings |
| | D) | all of the above have been committed |
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Which of the following predictions is likely to come true if the due process model informs law enforcement in the future? |
| | A) | the practice of detaining and arresting suspects for investigation without probable cause likely will increase |
| | B) | the length of time a suspect may be held before being charged likely will increase |
| | C) | the Supreme Court may grant "good faith" exceptions to the 5th Amendment's protection against compelled self-incrimination |
| | D) | none of the above |
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_____ is a dispute resolution process that brings disputants together with a third party who has the skills to listen dispassionately to evidence presenting by both sides to a conflict, to ask probing and relevant questions of each side, and to arrive at an equitable solution to the dispute. The process is concluded when a binding resolution on all parties to the dispute is imposed. |
| | A) | mediation |
| | B) | restitution |
| | C) | arbitration |
| | D) | litigation |
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The replacing of human body parts with mechanical parts refers to _____. |
| | A) | cryonics |
| | B) | bionics |
| | C) | cloning |
| | D) | ergonomics |
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_____ is a process of human hibernation that involves freezing the body. |
| | A) | cryonics |
| | B) | bionics |
| | C) | dormancy |
| | D) | icing |
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Which of the following factors should make advanced electronic surveillance devices and other new technologies available sooner than might normally be expected? |
| | A) | the war on drugs |
| | B) | the war on terrorism |
| | C) | increases in violent crime |
| | D) | the Cold War |
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According to your textbook, if community policing becomes standard practice throughout the country in the future, what are police officers likely to become known as? |
| | A) | public service officers |
| | B) | social workers |
| | C) | help agents |
| | D) | lone rangers |
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Which of the following may be a new law enforcement technology in the future? |
| | A) | a pocket-sized, voice-activated voice-stress analyzer |
| | B) | an ultrasmall, two-way cellular phone, possibly implanted in officers' larynxes |
| | C) | a universal translator that could instantly translate speech from one language to another |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Which of the following may be a new law enforcement technology in the future? |
| | A) | an ultra-wideband device that will allow police officers to detect motions through surfaces such as walls |
| | B) | a "smart" gun that would electronically disable itself if taken away from a police officer during a struggle |
| | C) | a supersticky foam that could be sprayed on armed suspects, neutralizing them by temporarily gluing their arms to their bodies |
| | D) | all of the above |
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______ is a strategy in which disappointment is expressed for the offender's actions, the offender is humiliated and punished, and, more importantly, following the expression of disappointment and humiliation is a concerted effort on the part of the community to forgive the offender and bring him or her back into society. |
| | A) | mediation |
| | B) | arbitration |
| | C) | reintegrative shaming |
| | D) | VOM |
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Which of the following describes the way that the success of the "new penology" is measured? |
| | A) | reduction in recidivism |
| | B) | the efficiency by which correctional systems manage prisoners within budgetary constraints |
| | C) | the average length of prison sentence |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Which of the following is a cost-reduction strategy that is likely to be used in corrections in the future? |
| | A) | various alternative to incarceration |
| | B) | privatization |
| | C) | new technology |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Which of the following is likely to be true if the crime control model dominates the future of the administration of justice? |
| | A) | reform of the preliminary hearing |
| | B) | greatly reduced use of pretrial detention |
| | C) | appeals will be strongly discouraged and limited |
| | D) | all of the above are likely to be true |
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Which of the following is a strategy advocated by experts to deal with transnational organized crime? |
| | A) | teach local law enforcement officers to recognize and respond to transnational organized crimes |
| | B) | leave transnational organized crimes to federal law enforcement officers who are better able to deal with the technological, cultural, political, legal, and language complexities often involved in such crimes |
| | C) | greater cooperation among different levels of law enforcement through multiagency task forces |
| | D) | all of the above |
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