Crime and Punishment A History of the Criminal Justice System 2nd International Edition by Mitchel P. Roth - Test Bank

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CHAPTER  5

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

1. Former Vice President Aaron Burr went on trial in 1807 for
2. killing Alexander Hamilton in a duel
3. treason*
4. helping the British during the recent war
5. his attempt to overthrow the American government

 

2. What was the final result of the Aaron Burr Trial?
3. Burr was exonerated*
4. Burr was found guilty
5. the trial had little effect on his standing with the American people
6. the trial resulted in a hung jury

 

3. Which city was the first to require a permanent night watch with fixed pay?
4. New York City
5. Boston*
6. Charleston
7. Philadelphia

 

4. How did most British citizens feel about the creation of a police force?
5. most favored it
6. little concern was voiced one way or another
7. most opposed it *
8. most were favorable if it was based on Napoleonic precedents

 

5. The Marbury v. Madison decision
6. established the exclusionary rule
7. applied the Bill of Rights to state law
8. established the doctrine of judicial review*
9. established the power of the President over Congress

 

6. The Alien and Sedition Acts proved an early test for the
7. First Amendment*
8. Second Amendment
9. Fourth Amendment
10. Fifth Amendment

 

7. Where was the development of police forces stimulated by their affiliation with the    state?
8. London
9. England
10. the United States
11. France*

 

8. Which police force was developed with the goal of preventive policing?
9. France
10. London*
11. Paris
12. Texas and other Western states

 

9. The ranging tradition of police patrol developed in
10. Texas
11. Australia
12. England*
13. France

 

10. Much of America’s urban violence in the 1830s and 40s was directed at
11. German immigrants
12. Irish-Catholic immigrants*
13. Natives and freed slaves
14. French Hugeunots and former British Tories

 

11. Which city’s police force wore uniforms first?
12. New York City
13. Boston
14. Charleston*
15. Philadelphia

 

12. Which city was the American capital between 1790 and 1800?
13. Washington, D.C.
14. New York City
15. Annapolis
16. Philadelphia*

 

13. Prison stripes were first introduced in
14. Massachusetts
15. New York*
16. Pennsylvania
17. Virginia

 

14. One of the main goals shared by the state prison building movement in the 1820s and 1830s was
15. making new institutions self-sufficient*
16. increasing literacy
17. creating new alternatives to imprisonment
18. keeping convicts from working together to avoid contagion

 

 

15. This prison reformer has been referred to as the “John Howard of America.”
16. Elam Lynds
17. Thomas Eddy*
18. Louis Dwight
19. John Cray

 

16. Which prison system was most popular in the United States?
17. Auburn*
18. Pennsylvania
19. Panopticon
20. the solitary system

 

17. After a visit to this penitentiary the British writer Charles Dickens criticized its system as “rigid, strict, and hopeless solitary confinement.
18. Sing Sing
19. Auburn
20. Newgate
21. Eastern State Penintentiary*

 

18. The first state to hold its executions in private was
19. Pennsylvania*
20. New York
21. Virginia
22. South Carolina

 

19. Following the American Revolution
20. slave revolts became less common
21. slave revolts became less bloody
22. the number of slave revolts increased*
23. slave insurrections virtually ceased

 

20. The first American slave revolt to actually come to bloody fruition was led by
21. Gabriel Prosser
22. Nat Turner*
23. Ike Turner
24. Denmark Vesey

 

21. After Aaron Burr killed his political adversary Alexander Hamilton in a duel
22. dueling was prohibited in the North
23. dueling continued to flourish in the South and North
24. dueling was completely outlawed
25. dueling continued to flourish in the South*

 

 

22. Which prison system model was deemed most profitable?
23. Pennsylvania
24. Panopticon
25. Auburn*
26. federal prisons

 

23. With the quick success of the London Metropolitan Police model
24. other English cities quickly adopted the system
25. most English cities resisted its innovations*
26. most forces turned to a more reactive model of policing
27. a nationwide police force replaced the outdated watch system

 

24. Which of the following was not a characteristic of early New York City peacekeepers?
25. cooping
26. carried handguns *
27. wore leather helmets
28. did not wear uniforms

 

25. Which individual is regarded as the “world’s first private detective?”
26. Inspector Clouseau
27. Eugene Vidocq*
28. Joseph Fouche
29. Robert Peel

 

 

TRUE/FALSE

 

26. Dueling was rare in America prior to the American Revolution. (T)

 

27. In the early nineteenth century even New England states had more licensed taverns than meetinghouses. (T)

 

28. Corporal punishment was abolished in American prisons by the nineteenth century. (F)

 

29. There was little discussion of a crime problem prior to the American Revolution. (T)

 

30. The early success of the London police model led other English cities to quickly adopt the new system. (F)