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Chapter 01: Basics of Legal Justice: Significant Topics and Procedures MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Which of the following is accurate regarding “three strikes” statutes?

An offender with three qualifying felonies is mandated to serve a minimum of 25 years in incarceration.

An offender with three qualifying felonious charges is mandated to serve a minimum of 25 years in incarceration.

An offender with three qualifying felonies is no longer eligible for probation supervision.

An offender with three qualifying charges (misdemeanors or felonies) is no longer eligible for probation supervision.

ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: under the category: Foundations of Legal Justice: Authorized and Ancient Bases OBJ: 1 COG: Comprehension

2. The primary purpose behind which regulations was to necessitate violent convicts proven guilty of a qualifying felony, with two prior qualifying felony convictions, to serve a minimum of 25 years in confinement?

Lifetime statutes
Assailant statutes
Three strikes statutes
Hannah prior statutes
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: under the category: Foundations of Legal Justice: Authorized and Ancient Bases OBJ: 2 COG: Information

3. The concept that landowners become constituents of a republic solely through their explicit agreement to submit to the governance of the republic is connected with which principle?

Jefferson’s concept of democracy
Hobbe’s societal agreement principle
Locke’s concept of implied consent
Rousseau’s dispute principle
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: under the category: The Consensus-Versus-Conflict Debate OBJ: 2 COG: Information

4. What was Locke’s foremost objective of administration?

National security
Currency production
Imposing taxes
d. Safeguarding of assets

ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: under the category: The Consensus-Versus-Conflict Debate COG: Information

OBJ: 2

5. This scholar contended that all individuals are essentially self-centered and unreasonable and that people forge governments for self-protection.
a. Hobbes
b. Locke

c. Calvin
d. Rousseau

ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: under the category: The Consensus-Versus-Conflict Debate COG: Information

OBJ: 2

6. Which of the subsequent assertions is factual regarding the sovereign civilian motion?

Members are of the opinion that the U.S. administration is valid, but they should be exempt from paying taxes.

Members believe that the U.S. administration is illegitimate, although they acknowledge the validity of the U.S. Constitution.

Members assert that the U.S. administration is invalid and they should not be obligated to remit taxes.

Members consider the U.S. administration to be valid, however, they dispute the necessity of conforming to federal statutes.

ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: under the category: The Consensus-Versus-Conflict Debate OBJ: 2 COG: Evaluation

7. The ________________ model of the legal justice process argues that criminal defendants should be deemed innocent until proven guilty and that the courts’ utmost priority is safeguarding the constitutional rights of the accused.
a. due process

crime containment
conflict
consensus
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: under the category: Crime Containment and Due Process COG: Information

OBJ: 4

8. Which of the following statements most accurately characterizes the due process model of legal justice?

Criminal defendants are presumed guilty, and the courts should not hinder effective enforcement of laws.
Criminal defendants are presumed innocent, and the courts’ primary objective is safeguarding the constitutional rights of the accused.
Criminal defendants are presumed innocent, and criminality is attributed to individual moral lapse.
Criminal defendants are presumed guilty, and criminality is attributed to societal influences such as poverty and unemployment.
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: under the category: Crime Containment and Due Process OBJ: 4 COG: Evaluation

9. The ________________ model of the legal justice process posits that persons charged with a crime are presumed guilty and that the courts should not obstruct effective enforcement of laws.
a. consensus

conflict
due process
crime containment
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: under the category: Crime Containment and Due Process COG: Information

OBJ: 4

10. Which of the following statements most closely depicts the crime containment model of legal justice?

Criminal defendants are presumed guilty, and the courts should not interfere with effective enforcement of laws.
Criminal defendants are presumed innocent, and the courts’ first priority is safeguarding the constitutional rights of the accused.
Criminal defendants are presumed innocent, and criminality is attributed to individual moral lapse.
Criminal defendants are presumed guilty, and criminality is attributed to societal influences such as poverty and unemployment.
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: under the category: Crime Containment and Due Process COG: Evaluation

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