Technology and the Criminal Justice System: Midterm Exam-Fall, 2006

Technology and the Criminal Justice System: Exam 2

Multiple Choice Format —be sure to mark your answers carefully, using a #2 pencil, on the answer sheet provided.

1. The FBI is currently looking for field agents with both technical computer skills and foreign language skills.

A. True B. False

2. In Philadelphia, U-Penn researchers found that ____% of all homicide offenders AND victims were on probation or parole at the time of the homicide.

A. 70 B. 90 C. 50 D. 30

3. According to a recent report by the Secret Service, there is now an accurate “profile” of the school shooter that can be used to prevent the next school shooting. A. true B. false

4. Research has demonstrated that the overall likelihood of recidivism for all sex offenders (re-arrest,1 year follow-up) is between______. A. 20-30 percent B. 5-10 percent C. 30-40 percent D. 80-90 percent 5.. According to the theoretical profile of Seung Hui Cho, the most important triggering event that led to the Virginia Tech Shootings was______

A. he was a small sickly child B. he had no social life C. he had a book proposal rejected that devastated his self image D. he resented the fact that his parents worked hard for little gain, while his fellow students had everything handed to them ( BMW’s, etc). E. All of the above

6. RRasor, Static 99, SORAG, and SVR-20 are examples of ______

A. The new generation of threat assessment instruments B. Sex offender risk assessment instruments C. Mental Health risk assessment instruments D. The latest Taser technology available for the public

7.______was conducted by the US Secret Service in the mid-90’s to attempt to profile potential assassins of public officials. This study resulted in a new approach to threat assessment in this country.

A. Innocent Images Project B. Exceptional Case Study Project C. Manhattan Project D. Protective Intelligence Project

8. Research by Borum (2004) revealed that there is a “terrorist personality”, and that as a result, a valid psychological, demographic, and behavioral profile of a potential terrorist is now available for use by law enforcement.

A. True B. False

9. In ______, the police have created a list of 100 likely homicide offenders, based on extensive research on offender characteristics. A. Boston B. London C. Miami D. Bejing 10. There is solid empirical evidence that increases in the size of the police force are correlated with decreses in both violent and property crime. A. True B. False

11. ______involved the design and development of new technology in police cruisers, including hands free voice activated commands.

A. Exceptional Case Study Project B. Project 54 C. CAD Project D. none of the above

12. Lifetime monitoring of known sex offenders is currently allowed by statute in over 30 states.

A. True B. False

13. Currently, it is estimated that adolescents (ages 13 to 17) account for up to one- fifth of all rapes and one half of all cases of child molestation committed each year.

A. True B. False 14. False ______are individuals predicted to be violent but who are not. False ______are individuals predicted to be non-violent who turn out to be violent.

A. Positives; Negatives B. Negatives; Positives

15. As a group, convicted murderers have very ______recidivism rates.

A. High B. Low

16. According to a recent review by the Secret Service, the odds that a child would die in school–by homicide or suicide–are no greater than 1 in 1 ______A. Hundred B. Thousand C. Thousand D. Million 17. According to Safe Schools Initiative Report by the Secret Service, there is no accurate or useful "profile" of students who engaged in targeted school Violence. A. True B. False

18. According to the Insider Threat Study report, the majority (58%) of insiders involved in cybercrime were current employees in administrative and support positions that required limited technical skills.

A. True B. False

19. The primary activity of paramilitary police units involves the ______. A. investigation of terrorist threats and the monitoring of high risk targets in urban areas ( airports, power plants, refineries, etc.). B. apprehending high risk individuals with outstanding arrest warrants C. patrolling selected high crime neighborhoods D. none of the above

20. According to a recent NYC city of police shootings, police hit their “targets” 60% of the time when they shoot their weapons. A. True B. False

21. Between 1996 and 2006, police use of deadly force increased significantly in the United States, leading many critics to call for the adoption of les-than-lethal force weapons. A. True B. False

22. ______systems now not only automate the recordkeeping of calls for service and their responses, but can also provide a means for classifying and prioritizing these calls

A.RMS B. CAD C. JNET D. HATS

23. Police use of force in police-citizen encounters is a fairly common occurrence; it occurs in approximately 20% of all encounters. A. True B. False

24. According to a recent study by White and Ready, suspects stopped resisting arrest and were incapacitated in about 86% of the cases where Tasers are deployed. A. True B. False

25. Approximately 9 million calls for service are made each year, underscoring the need for CAD systems. A. True B. False

26. There has been countless arguments over which gun is the better, but the 40's seem to be weapons of choice for law enforcement now.

A. True B. False

27. According to the Boston Police Department, a recent Harvard study found that only ____% of the street intersections and block faces generated about ____% of the shootings in Boston between 1980 and 2008. A. 1; 30 B. 5; 74 C. 10; 90 D. 5; 95 28.______was conducted by the US Secret Service in the mid-90’s to attempt to profile potential assassins of public officials. This study resulted in a new approach to threat assessment in this country.

A. Innocent Images Project B. Exceptional Case Study Project C. Manhattan Project D. Protective Intelligence Project

29. More than 3,000 police officers' lives have been saved by body armor since the mid-1970s when the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) began testing and developing body armor and performance standards for ballistic and stab resistance. A. True B. False

30. These in-field computers are far from commonplace in U.S. police departments (only 40% of police agencies used ______as of 2000), they represent a technology with the capacity to increase the efficiency with which departments capture, report, disseminate, and share information

A .RFID’s B. CMC’s C. JNET’s D. MDT’s